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Aprepitant, Oral

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS J8501 · Emend

Aprepitant, oral, 5 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aprepitant, Oral cost?

$2.40per 5 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.40 for each 5 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.40 from a physician practice, and about $12.30 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 5 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$2.40
At a hospital outpatient department
$12.30

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 413% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 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$2.40$2.40 to $2.75
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.30$8.32 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $2 to $48Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$5$10$20$50facility $12professional $2

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
$2.40
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.51
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$4.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$8.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.57
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.37

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in West Virginia than in Maryland. 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.

Washington, DC· 41st of 51

$2.40

WV $11.22MD $2.40

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.