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Hemin Injection

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS J1640 · Panhematin

Injection, hemin, 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Panhematin (hemin) cost?

$35.48per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Work out the cost of a dose

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

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$35.48
At a hospital outpatient department
$79.43

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 124% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$35.48$35.48 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$35.48 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $35 to $135Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $35 to $54
$50$100facility $79professional $35

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$44.67
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$52.48

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Delaware than in Oklahoma. 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.

Washington, DC· 33rd of 51

$35.48

DE $77.62OK $27.54

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.