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Melphalan Injection

Colorado rates for HCPCS J9245

Injection, melphalan HCl, not otherwise specified, 50 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Melphalan Injection cost?

$105per 50 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for each 50 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $166 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 50 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$105
At a hospital outpatient department
$166

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 58% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$105$105 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$135 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $115 to $295Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $105 to $120
$100$200$500facility $166professional $105

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
$104.71
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$316.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$218.78
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$128.82
4 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.96

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Wyoming than in Vermont. 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.

Colorado· 38th of 51

$105

WY $204VT $105

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.