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Chemotherapy Pushed Into An Artery

North Carolina 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?

$178

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $115 to $240.

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

Facilitymedian $102 · 10th to 90th $102 to $117Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $105 to $275
$100$200$500facility $102professional $178

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$64.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
9 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
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.79

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 11th of 51

$178

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.