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Aprepitant, Oral

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, 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 $3.72 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
$3.72

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 55% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.40$2.40 to $2.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.72$2.40 to $10.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $52Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$10$100$1Kfacility $4professional $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
$8.91
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$4.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$4.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.40
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.95
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$371.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$588.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.57

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 44th 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.