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First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

Michigan 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?

$77.62

Typical physician fee. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $77.62 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $72.44 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 $78 · 10th to 90th $69 to $174
$100$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $78

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
$75.86
Typical High
$204.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$66.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$123.03

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 43rd of 51

$77.62

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.