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First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

Kentucky 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?

$72.44

Typical physician fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $72.44 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $60.26 to $112.

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 $72 · 10th to 90th $58 to $229
$100$200professional $72

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
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$229.09
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$85.11
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$128.82

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$72.44

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.