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Chlorpromazine, Oral

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS Q0161

Chlorpromazine HCl, 5 mg, oral, FDA-approved prescription antiemetic, for use as a complete therapeutic substitute for an IV antiemetic at the time of chemotherapy treatment, not to exceed a 48-hour dosage regimen

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chlorpromazine, Oral cost?

$0.36

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.36 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.36 from a physician practice, and about $0.50 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$0.36$0.35 to $0.36
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.50$0.40 to $0.79

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $83Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $851
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1professional $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
$0.36
Typical High
$0.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.46
Typical High
$0.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.46
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$1.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.36
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,772.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.36
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.49
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.35
Median
$0.35
Typical High
$0.36
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.50
Typical High
$0.81
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.36
Median
$0.36
Typical High
$0.49
4 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
$0.18
Median
$0.18
Typical High
$0.18
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
$0.05
Median
$0.05
Typical High
$0.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$0.04
Median
$0.04
Typical High
$0.04

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 1.6 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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.

Massachusetts· 30th of 51

$0.36

AK $0.52HI $0.33

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.