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Ziprasidone Injection

Virginia rates for HCPCS J3486 · Geodon

Injection, ziprasidone mesylate, 10 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ziprasidone Injection cost?

$5.75per 10 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.75 for each 10 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.62 from a physician practice, and about $10.47 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
$5.62
At a hospital outpatient department
$10.47

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 86% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.62$5.62 to $5.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10.47$7.41 to $15.85

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $6 to $19Professionalmedian $6 · 10th to 90th $6 to $10
$5$10$20facility $10professional $6

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
$5.62
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$5.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$28.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$31.62
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.62
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.17
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
$2.82
Median
$2.82
Typical High
$2.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.83
Median
$0.85
Typical High
$0.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.59

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Oklahoma 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.

Virginia· 48th of 51

$5.75

OK $17.78ND $5.62

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.