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First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

South Dakota 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?

$204

Typical physician fee. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $74.13 to $234.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $54 to $240
$50$100$200professional $204

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
$53.70
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$165.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$147.91
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 1st of 51

$204

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.