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IV Push Chemotherapy Administration, First Drug

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 96409

This is the administration of a chemotherapy drug given as a quick injection directly into an intravenous line, rather than dripped in slowly over time. It covers the first or only drug given during a treatment session. The medication is pushed in over a short period, typically a few minutes, under close observation for any immediate reaction.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does IV Push Chemotherapy Administration, First Drug cost?

$120

Typical physician fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $100 to $148.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $89 to $200
$100$200$500professional $120

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
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$501.19
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Minnesota than in Delaware. 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.

Louisiana· 33rd of 51

$120

MN $219DE $110

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.