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Chemotherapy Pushed Into An Artery

Iowa rates for HCPCS 96420

Giving chemotherapy directly into an artery as a single dose pushed in over a short period, so the drug reaches the target area at high concentration before spreading through the body. A clinician gives the injection and stays with the patient during it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chemotherapy Pushed Into An Artery cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $195 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$195$126 to $240
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$182 to $631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $170 to $891Professionalmedian $195 · 10th to 90th $100 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $263professional $195

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$269.15
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$3,162.28
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$269.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$302.00
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$229.09
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.0 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$195

AK $275FL $91.20

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.