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Starting An Extended Chemotherapy Infusion Via Pump

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 96416

This service covers setting up and starting a chemotherapy infusion that will run continuously for more than about eight hours, using a portable or implantable pump the patient can wear or carry home. It includes preparing and connecting the pump so the medication is delivered gradually over an extended period. It's distinct from a shorter infusion completed entirely during an office visit.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Starting An Extended Chemotherapy Infusion Via Pump cost?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $224 from a hospital or other facility.

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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$224$166 to $398
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$141 to $525

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $95 to $759Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,023
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $224professional $224

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$354.81
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$239.88
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$239.88
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$446.68
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,584.89
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$724.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,023.29
Tufts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$478.63
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$173.78

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$224

AK $339FL $123

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.