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Paricalcitol Injection

New Jersey rates for HCPCS J2501 · Zemplar

Injection, paricalcitol, 1 mcg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Zemplar (paricalcitol) cost?

$1.12per mcg

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.12 for each mcg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.02 from a physician practice, and about $1.66 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
$1.66

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 62% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 4 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 $1.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.66$1.55 to $2.75

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2professional $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
$1.32
Median
$1.62
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$1.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.15
Typical High
$1.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.02
Median
$1.02
Typical High
$2.40
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$25,118.86
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$0.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$1.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.98
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$1.20

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 18th of 51

$1.12

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.