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First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

Georgia 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?

$85.11

Typical physician fee. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $66.07 to $107.

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 $85 · 10th to 90th $56 to $178
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $85

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
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$190.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$123.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$194.98

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 31st of 51

$85.11

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.