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First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

Maine 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?

$83.18

Typical physician fee. In Maine, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $74.13 to $95.50.

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 $83 · 10th to 90th $69 to $117
$100$200$500professional $83

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
$69.18
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$95.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$134.90
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$109.65
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$147.91

Where Maine 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.

Maine· 32nd of 51

$83.18

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.