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Paricalcitol Injection

Kansas rates for HCPCS J2501 · Zemplar

Injection, paricalcitol, 1 mcg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Zemplar (paricalcitol) cost?

$1.00per mcg

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.00 for each mcg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.93 from a physician practice, and about $1.05 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

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

mcg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.93
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.05

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 12% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.93$0.89 to $1.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.05$1.00 to $1.05

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$1$2facility $1professional $1

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
$1.20
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$1.23
Typical High
$2.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.05
Typical High
$1.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.93
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$0.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.91
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$0.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.79
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.68
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$1.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$2.40
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
$0.14
Median
$0.18
Typical High
$0.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.21

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in South Carolina than in Georgia. 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.

Kansas· 41st of 51

$1.00

SC $2.09GA $0.89

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.