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Epirubicin Injection

Kansas rates for HCPCS J9178 · Ellence

Injection, epirubicin HCl, 2 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ellence (epirubicin hydrochloride) cost?

$1.82per 2 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.82 for each 2 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1.82 from a physician practice, and about $2.09 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 2 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$1.82
At a hospital outpatient department
$2.09

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 15% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 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$1.82$1.78 to $1.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.09$1.86 to $3.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $8Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $2
$2$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $2professional $2

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
$1.78
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.45
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$8.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.38
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$3.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$1.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.24

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 14th of 51

$1.82

NC $2.04NY $1.74

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.