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Melphalan, Oral

Minnesota rates for HCPCS J8600

Melphalan, oral, 2 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Melphalan, Oral cost?

$10.96per 2 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10.96 for each 2 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $10.96 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 2 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$10.96
At a hospital outpatient department
$14.79

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 35% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$10.96$9.33 to $12.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$10.96 to $20.89

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $34Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $16
$5$10$20$50facility $15professional $11

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
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$10.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.85
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$46.77
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$14.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$13.49
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.66
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.66
Typical High
$1.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.87
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Minnesota· 3rd of 51

$10.96

AK $13.80MT $7.59

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.