HCCI recently provided cost information for iron infusions for an NPR article.
From the article:
“An analysis of private insurance claims conducted by the Health Care Cost Institute, an independent research group funded by insurers, found that in 2017, private health plans paid $4,316 per visit, on average, if a patient received Injectafer infusions. Feraheme, the next most expensive infusion drug, cost private plans $3,087 per visit, while the other three on the market were considerably cheaper. Infed was $1,502, Venofer $825 and Ferrlecit $412, the institute found, in an analysis for Kaiser Health News.”
Iron Infusions For Anemia Under Scrutiny For High, Widely Varying Prices : Shots – Health News : NPR
Iron-deficiency anemia is often remedied with drugstore iron pills. But if that doesn’t work, doctors sometimes prescribe iron infusions — and the bill for that can vary by thousands of dollars. Why?