go back

Chemotherapy Pushed Into An Artery

South 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $372 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$102$89.13 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$372$155 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $372 · 10th to 90th $155 to $741Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $62 to $155
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $372professional $102

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
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$269.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
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
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$11.22
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$87.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$35.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$24.55

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$102

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.