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First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

Florida 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 Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $54.95 to $186.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $54 to $295
$50$100$200professional $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
$53.70
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$309.03
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$69.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$165.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$61.66
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$165.96
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$66.07

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 46th 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.