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Melphalan Injection

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS J9245

Injection, melphalan HCl, not otherwise specified, 50 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Melphalan Injection cost?

$120per 50 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for each 50 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $151 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
$120
At a hospital outpatient department
$151

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 26% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$105 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$117 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $105 to $295Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $105 to $129
$100$200$500facility $151professional $120

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
$104.71
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$128.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$134.90
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
$134.90
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$141.25
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
$52.48
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
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.96

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$120

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.