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Melphalan (Evomela) Injection

California rates for HCPCS J9246

Injection, melphalan (Evomela), 1 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Evomela (melphalan) cost?

$24.55per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $20.42 from a physician practice, and about $29.51 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 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$20.42
At a hospital outpatient department
$29.51

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 45% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$20.42$19.50 to $38.90
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$29.51$22.39 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $20 to $51Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $19 to $46
$20$50$100facility $30professional $20

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
$21.38
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$45.71
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$53.70
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$45.71
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$44.67
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$44.67
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$48.98
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$24.55
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$45.71

Where California sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Delaware 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.

California· 12th of 51

$24.55

DE $41.69VT $19.50

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.