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Infusion Under the Skin, Initial Hour

Maryland rates for HCPCS 96369

Delivers medicine slowly into the fatty layer under the skin through a fine needle connected to a pump, instead of into a vein. It covers setting up the pump, establishing the site under the skin, and the first hour of the infusion; additional time and any further site are billed separately. It is often used for treatments such as immune globulin that are given at a steady, slow rate.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Infusion Under the Skin, Initial Hour cost?

$145

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $132 to $186.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $132 to $282
$200professional $145

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
$131.83
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$398.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in North Carolina. 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.

Maryland· 46th of 51

$145

AK $417NC $138

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.