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Calaspargase Pegol-mknl Injection

Michigan rates for HCPCS J9118 · asparlas

Injection, calaspargase pegol-mknl, 10 units

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does asparlas (calaspargase pegol) cost?

$87.10per 10 units

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for each 10 units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $178 from a hospital or other facility.

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
$87.10
At a hospital outpatient department
$178

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 104% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$87.10$85.11 to $91.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$100 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $89 to $302Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $85 to $112
$100$200$500facility $178professional $87

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
$89.13
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
JW · Drug discarded
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$263.03
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$16.98
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$97.72
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.33

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 14th of 51

$87.10

AK $105OK $85.11

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.