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Zidovudine Injection

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J3485 · Retrovir

Injection, zidovudine, 10 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Retrovir (zidovudine) cost?

$1.51per 10 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.51 for each 10 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.51 from a physician practice, and about $1.95 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 10 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$1.51
At a hospital outpatient department
$1.95

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 29% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1.51$1.51 to $1.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.95$1.51 to $2.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$2$5facility $2professional $2

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
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$3.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.58
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.90
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.29
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.74
Typical High
$3.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$6.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.86
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.34
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.75
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.90
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$2.57
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$3.09
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$1.51
Typical High
$1.82
4 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$0.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.30
Median
$0.30
Typical High
$0.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.15
Median
$0.15
Typical High
$0.16

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Arizona than in North Carolina. 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.

Massachusetts· 39th of 51

$1.51

AZ $2.57NC $1.51

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.