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Calaspargase Pegol-mknl Injection

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J9118 · asparlas

Injection, calaspargase pegol-mknl, 10 units

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does asparlas (calaspargase pegol) cost?

$81.28per 10 units

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for each 10 units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $100 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 10 units. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

units
In a doctor's office or clinic
$81.28
At a hospital outpatient department
$100

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 23% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$81.28$81.28 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$81.28 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $81 to $209Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $81 to $100
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $100professional $81

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
$81.28
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$112.20
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$5,888.44
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$91.20
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48,977.88
Median
$48,977.88
Typical High
$52,480.75
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$407.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$93.33

Where Massachusetts sits

Rates are fairly even across states for this service. 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· 41st of 51

$81.28

NC $91.20NJ $81.28

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.