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Paricalcitol Injection

Michigan rates for HCPCS J2501 · Zemplar

Injection, paricalcitol, 1 mcg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Zemplar (paricalcitol) cost?

$0.98per mcg

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.98 for each mcg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.91 from a physician practice, and about $2.04 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
$0.91
At a hospital outpatient department
$2.04

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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.91$0.83 to $1.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.04$1.26 to $2.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $3Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $1
$1$2$5facility $2professional $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
$0.93
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.93
Typical High
$0.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.14
Median
$0.14
Typical High
$0.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.09
Median
$0.09
Typical High
$0.33
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$3.55
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.65
Median
$0.68
Typical High
$0.76
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
JW · Drug discarded
Typical Low
$0.62
Median
$0.65
Typical High
$0.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$0.89
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.05
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.31
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.23
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$0.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.35

Where Michigan sits

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

Michigan· 40th of 51

$0.98

SC $2.09ND $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.