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Ferumoxytol (Non-ESRD Use) Injection

Pennsylvania rates for HCPCS Q0138 · Feraheme

Injection, ferumoxytol, for treatment of iron deficiency anemia, 1 mg (non-ESRD use)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Feraheme (ferumoxytol) cost?

$0.37

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.37 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.37 from a physician practice, and about $0.43 from a hospital or other facility.

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$0.37$0.37 to $0.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.43$0.37 to $0.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.5$1$2facility $0professional $0

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
$0.36
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$2.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.19
Median
$0.19
Typical High
$0.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.06
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.04
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.48
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$1.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.37
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.37
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.68
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$2.14
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.25
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.28
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.95
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.56
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.19
Median
$0.19
Typical High
$0.19
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.07
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.06
Median
$0.06
Typical High
$0.06
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.04
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.43
Median
$0.43
Typical High
$0.65
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.56
Median
$0.56
Typical High
$0.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.42
1 more rate 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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
JZ · No drug discarded
Typical Low
$0.31
Median
$0.83
Typical High
$1.74

Where Pennsylvania sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Texas than in Maryland. 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.

Pennsylvania· 25th of 51

$0.37

TX $1.78MD $0.23

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.