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Paricalcitol Injection

Kentucky rates for HCPCS J2501 · Zemplar

Injection, paricalcitol, 1 mcg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Zemplar (paricalcitol) cost?

$1.20per mcg

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.20 for each mcg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.02 from a physician practice, and about $1.20 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 mcg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mcg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$1.02
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.20

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 17% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$1.02$1.02 to $1.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.20$1.20 to $1.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$1$2$5$10facility $1professional $1

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
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$9.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.02
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$1.51
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.32
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$0.98

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Wyoming than in Minnesota. 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.

Kentucky· 14th of 51

$1.20

WY $2.40MN $0.98

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.