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Ado-Trastuzumab Emtansine Injection

South 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?

$43.65per mg

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for each mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $48.98 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
$43.65
At a hospital outpatient department
$48.98

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 12% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$43.65$43.65 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$48.98$45.71 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $49 · 10th to 90th $32 to $102Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $38 to $47
$10$20$50$100facility $49professional $44

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
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$46.77
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$44.67
6 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
$21.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$9.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$4.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
JW · Drug discarded
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$26.92

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 30th of 51

$43.65

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.