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Plicamycin Injection

New York rates for HCPCS J9270

Injection, plicamycin, 2.5 mg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Plicamycin Injection cost?

$44.67per 2.5 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for each 2.5 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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 2.5 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$44.67
At a hospital outpatient department
$79.43

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 78% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$44.67$15.14 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$79.43 to $50,119

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $79 to $53,703Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $15 to $95
$100$1K$10Kfacility $79professional $45

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$104.71
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50,118.72
Median
$53,703.18
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$95.50
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where New York sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Tennessee than in South Carolina. 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.

New York· 46th of 50

$44.67

TN $234SC $30.20

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.