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Melphalan, Oral

South Carolina rates for HCPCS J8600

Melphalan, oral, 2 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Melphalan, Oral cost?

$9.12per 2 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.12 for each 2 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.12 from a physician practice, and about $16.22 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
$9.12
At a hospital outpatient department
$16.22

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 78% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$9.12$6.46 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$11.48 to $18.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $23Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $6 to $9
$5$10$20facility $16professional $9

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$1.35
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.89
Typical High
$0.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$6.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$22.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$3.55
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$12.02
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$9.33
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
1 more rate 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$4.68

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$9.12

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.