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Insulin for Administration Through DME (Insulin Pump)

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J1817 · Novolog, Admelog, Humalog

Insulin for administration through DME (i.e., insulin pump) per 50 units

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Insulin for Administration Through DME (Insulin Pump) cost?

$3.16

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.16 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.16 from a physician practice, and about $4.27 from a hospital or other facility.

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$3.16$3.09 to $3.16
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.27$3.47 to $6.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $3 to $10Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $1 to $5
$0.05$0.2$1$5facility $4professional $3

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
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.31
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.89
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$6.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.79
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.68
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.08
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.63
2 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
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.46
Median
$0.46
Typical High
$0.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.31
Typical High
$0.33

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Oklahoma than in Virginia. 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· 31st of 51

$3.16

OK $10.72VA $3.09

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.