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First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

Rhode Island 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?

$91.20

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $91.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $77.62 to $105.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $91 · 10th to 90th $69 to $110
$100professional $91

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
$91.20
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$114.82

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 23rd of 51

$91.20

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.