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Each Extra Hour of an IV Medicine Drip

New York rates for HCPCS 96366

Covers each additional hour that a medicine keeps running into a vein once the first hour is complete. It includes the continued monitoring of the drip and of you while it runs. It is billed in addition to the first hour of the same infusion.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Each Extra Hour of an IV Medicine Drip cost?

$28.18

Typical physician fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.18 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $21.88 to $43.65.

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 $28 · 10th to 90th $18 to $95
$5$10$20$50$100professional $28

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
$16.98
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$97.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$52.48
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$102.33
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$64.57
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$31.62
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$100.00
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$74.13

Where New York sits

The same service costs 3.4 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· 24th of 51

$28.18

SD $64.57TX $19.05

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.