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Paricalcitol Injection

Maine rates for HCPCS J2501 · Zemplar

Injection, paricalcitol, 1 mcg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Zemplar (paricalcitol) cost?

$1.07per mcg

Typical negotiated rate. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.07 for each mcg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.02 from a physician practice, and about $2.51 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
$2.51

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 145% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 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 $1.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.51$2.34 to $2.51

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$1$2facility $3professional $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
$2.34
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$2.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.02
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.23
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.51
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$2.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$2.40

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 28th of 51

$1.07

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.