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First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

Colorado 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?

$75.86

Typical physician fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $67.61 to $97.72.

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 $76 · 10th to 90th $68 to $148
$100$200$500professional $76

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
$67.61
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$128.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 45th of 51

$75.86

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.