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Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine Injection

North Carolina rates for HCPCS J9354 · Kadcyla

Injection, ado-trastuzumab emtansine, 1 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Kadcyla (ado-trastuzumab emtansine) cost?

$44.67per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 from a hospital or other facility.

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
$44.67
At a hospital outpatient department
$61.66

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 38% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$44.67$30.20 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$46.77 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $36 to $93Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $30 to $49
$50$100facility $62professional $45

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
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
5 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
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$6.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$44.67

AK $54.95OR $43.65

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.