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First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

Washington, DC 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?

$64.57

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $64.57 to $195.

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 $65 · 10th to 90th $65 to $776
$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $65

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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 50th of 51

$64.57

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.