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First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

Alabama 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?

$69.18

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $69.18 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $66.07 to $87.10.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $69 · 10th to 90th $55 to $100
$100professional $69

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
$57.54
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$100.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 48th of 51

$69.18

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.