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Brexucabtagene Autoleucel (Tecartus) CAR-T Therapy

Minnesota rates for HCPCS Q2053

Brexucabtagene autoleucel, up to 200 million autologous anti-CD19 CAR positive viable T cells, including leukapheresis and dose preparation procedures, per therapeutic dose

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tecartus (brexucabtagene autoleucel) cost?

$501,187

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501,187 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501,187 from a physician practice, and about $512,861 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$501,187$478,630 to $524,807
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$512,861$478,630 to $602,560

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $512,861 · 10th to 90th $457,088 to $1,258,925Professionalmedian $501,187 · 10th to 90th $426,580 to $616,595
$500K$1Mfacility $512,861professional $501,187

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
$512,861.38
Median
$512,861.38
Typical High
$512,861.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512,861.38
Median
$512,861.38
Typical High
$524,807.46
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446,683.59
Median
$478,630.09
Typical High
$524,807.46
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407,380.28
Median
$457,088.19
Typical High
$501,187.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602,559.59
Median
$1,230,268.77
Typical High
$1,659,586.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489,778.82
Median
$537,031.80
Typical High
$616,595.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467,735.14
Median
$1,148,153.62
Typical High
$1,737,800.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478,630.09
Median
$478,630.09
Typical High
$478,630.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489,778.82
Median
$758,577.58
Typical High
$1,174,897.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000,000.00
Median
$1,000,000.00
Typical High
$1,000,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512,861.38
Median
$512,861.38
Typical High
$512,861.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489,778.82
Median
$489,778.82
Typical High
$524,807.46
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$257,039.58
Median
$257,039.58
Typical High
$257,039.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102,329.30
Median
$102,329.30
Typical High
$102,329.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75,857.76
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$75,857.76
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51,286.14
Median
$51,286.14
Typical High
$51,286.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$257,039.58
Median
$257,039.58
Typical High
$263,026.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$102,329.30
Median
$102,329.30
Typical High
$104,712.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$75,857.76
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$79,432.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$51,286.14
Median
$51,286.14
Typical High
$52,480.75

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Texas than in New Jersey. 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.

Minnesota· 50th of 51

$501,187

TX $1,000,000NJ $489,779

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.