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Ferumoxytol (Non-ESRD Use) Injection

Texas 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?

$1.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.37 from a physician practice, and about $4.37 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.37$0.23 to $0.37
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4.37$1.91 to $6.31

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $0 to $8Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $0
$0.5$1$2$5$10facility $4professional $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
$0.37
Typical High
$0.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.38
BCBS Texas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$7.94
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.87
Typical High
$1.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.37
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$5.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.23
Typical High
$0.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.37
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.52
Typical High
$3.16
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.37
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.37
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
$0.23
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.36
9 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
$0.19
Median
$0.19
Typical High
$0.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.07
Median
$0.07
Typical High
$0.08
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
JZ · No drug discarded
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$4.17
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.12
Median
$0.12
Typical High
$0.12
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.03
Median
$0.03
Typical High
$0.04
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.02

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 1st of 51

$1.78

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.