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Epoetin Alfa (for ESRD on Dialysis) Injection

South Carolina rates for HCPCS Q4081 · Procrit, Epogen

Injection, epoetin alfa, 100 units (for ESRD on dialysis)

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Epoetin Alfa (for ESRD on Dialysis) Injection cost?

$0.78

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.78 from a physician practice, and about $2.09 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$0.78$0.69 to $1.35
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.09$1.32 to $2.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $4Professionalmedian $1 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2
$0.5$1$2$5facility $2professional $1

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
$0.72
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.72
Typical High
$0.72
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.98
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$1.35
Typical High
$1.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.78
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.69
Median
$0.69
Typical High
$0.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.89
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$0.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.72
Median
$0.98
Typical High
$2.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$1.07
Typical High
$1.55
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.60
Median
$0.78
Typical High
$0.78
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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.62
Typical High
$0.72

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Wyoming than in Maine. 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.

South Carolina· 10th of 51

$0.78

WY $1.70ME $0.69

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.