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First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

Alaska rates for HCPCS 96365

A medicine given slowly into a vein through a drip, covering setting up the line and the first hour that the medicine runs. It includes preparing the dose, starting and monitoring the infusion, and watching for a reaction. Time beyond the first hour is billed separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip cost?

$126

Typical physician fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $79.43 to $182.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $72 to $251
$100$200$500professional $126

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$213.80
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$331.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$251.19

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in South Dakota than in Texas. 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.

Alaska· 11th of 51

$126

SD $204TX $61.66

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.