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Aprepitant, Oral

North Carolina rates for HCPCS J8501 · Emend

Aprepitant, oral, 5 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aprepitant, Oral cost?

$3.02per 5 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.02 for each 5 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.95 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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
$2.95
At a hospital outpatient department
$16.98

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 475% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 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$2.95$2.75 to $7.94
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$5.89 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $3 to $54Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $13
$5$20$100$500facility $17professional $3

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
$4.27
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.05
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$12.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$5.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$10.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$5.25
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$12.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$5.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$3.80
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 3rd of 51

$3.02

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.