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First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

Ohio 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 Ohio, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $72.44 to $257.

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 $100 · 10th to 90th $58 to $851
$50$100$200$500$1Kprofessional $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
$57.54
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$1,023.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$154.88
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$128.82
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$181.97

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 17th 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.