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First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

New York 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?

$89.13

Typical physician fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $89.13 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $70.79 to $148.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $62 to $275
$50$100$200$500professional $89

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
$61.66
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$302.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$181.97
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$323.59
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$93.33
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$269.15
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$229.09

Where New York 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.

New York· 27th of 51

$89.13

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.