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Pegfilgrastim-bmez (Ziextenzo) Injection

Illinois rates for HCPCS Q5120

Injection, pegfilgrastim-bmez (ZIEXTENZO), biosimilar, 0.5 mg

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Ziextenzo (pegfilgrastim-bmez) cost?

$132per 0.5 mg

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for each 0.5 mg of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $263 from a hospital or other facility.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per 0.5 mg. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mg
In a doctor's office or clinic
$132
At a hospital outpatient department
$263

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 100% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$120 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$186 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $132 to $724Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $32 to $389
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $263professional $132

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
$27.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$144.54
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$724.44
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$138.04
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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Texas than in Kansas. 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.

Illinois· 26th of 51

$132

TX $355KS $40.74

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.