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Filgrastim-aafi (Nivestym) Injection

North Carolina rates for HCPCS Q5110

Injection, filgrastim-aafi, biosimilar, (Nivestym), 1 mcg

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Nivestym (filgrastim-aafi) cost?

$0.34per mcg

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $0.34 for each mcg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $0.33 from a physician practice, and about $0.65 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per mcg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mcg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$0.33
At a hospital outpatient department
$0.65

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 95% more at a hospital than at a doctor's office.

Drug cost only. Giving the drug, the visit itself and any monitoring are billed on their own codes. We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$0.33$0.32 to $0.59
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$0.65$0.41 to $0.93

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1Professionalmedian $0 · 10th to 90th $0 to $1
$0.5$1facility $1professional $0

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.76
Typical High
$1.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.41
Typical High
$0.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.22
Median
$0.22
Typical High
$0.22
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.33
Median
$0.45
Typical High
$0.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.28
Typical High
$0.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.33
Typical High
$0.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.46
Typical High
$0.52
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.28
Median
$0.30
Typical High
$0.39
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Delaware than in Georgia. 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.

North Carolina· 13th of 51

$0.34

DE $1.12GA $0.28

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.