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First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

Massachusetts 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?

$100

Typical physician fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $81.28 to $219.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $72 to $513
$100$200$500professional $100

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
$72.44
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$676.08
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$302.00
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$112.20
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$275.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$501.19

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 18th of 51

$100

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.