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Glatiramer Injection

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J1595

Injection, glatiramer acetate, 20 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Glatiramer Injection cost?

$70.79per 20 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for each 20 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $63.10 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 20 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$63.10
At a hospital outpatient department
$93.33

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 48% more at a hospital than at a doctor's office.

Drug cost only. Giving the drug, the visit itself and any monitoring are billed on their own codes. We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$63.10$63.10 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$74.13 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $71 to $151Professionalmedian $63 · 10th to 90th $63 to $170
$50$100$200facility $93professional $63

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$416.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$72.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$147.91
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$416.87
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$218.78
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$131.83
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$75.86
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Kansas than in Arkansas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts· 14th of 51

$70.79

KS $182AR $57.54

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.