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Oral Antiemetic, Unspecified Dosage Form

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS Q0181

Unspecified oral dosage form, 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 July 2026.

How much does Oral Antiemetic, Unspecified Dosage Form cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $575 from a physician practice, and about $4,898 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$575$575 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,898$1,995 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $83 to $9,772Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $575 to $891
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $575

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$9,772.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$891.25

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2137962.1 times more in Pennsylvania than in Ohio. 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· 9th of 48

$603

PA $64,565OH $0.03

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.