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Chemotherapy Pushed Into An Artery

Massachusetts 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $174 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$186$129 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$102 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $74 to $661Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $105 to $3,162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $174professional $186

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
$128.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$151.36
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$190.55
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$354.81
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$724.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$354.81
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$165.96
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$117.49
5 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
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$74.13

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 9th of 51

$186

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.