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Perflexane Lipid Microspheres Injection

Minnesota rates for HCPCS Q9955

Injection, perflexane lipid microspheres, per ml

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Perflexane Lipid Microspheres Injection cost?

$13.18per mL

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for each mL of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $34.67 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 mL. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

mL
In a doctor's office or clinic
$13.18
At a hospital outpatient department
$34.67

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 163% 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 We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.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$13.18$13.18 to $13.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$34.67$32.36 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $16 to $55Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $16
$1$5$20$100facility $35professional $13

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
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.98
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$50.12
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$18.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$27.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$16.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$38,018.94

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in New York 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.

Minnesota· 38th of 51

$13.18

NY $44.67ME $13.18

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.