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First Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

Wisconsin 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?

$155

Typical physician fee. In Wisconsin, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $97.72 to $309.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $78 to $447
$20$50$100$200$500professional $155

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
$79.43
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$263.03
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$95.50
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$239.88
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$302.00

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 3rd of 51

$155

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.