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Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy Infusion, Each Additional Hour

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 96423

This service delivers a cancer chemotherapy drug directly into an artery through a continuous infusion, covering each additional hour of the infusion beyond the first hour. It is billed in addition to the initial hour of treatment rather than as a stand-alone service. Delivering the drug directly into an artery can concentrate its effect on a specific area of the body, such as a tumor's blood supply.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy Infusion, Each Additional Hour cost?

$85.11

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $85.11 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $87.10 from a physician practice, and about $46.77 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$87.10$70.79 to $105
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$46.77$46.77 to $57.54

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $47 to $115Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $65 to $115
$20$50$100$200facility $47professional $87

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
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$11.75
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$114.82

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 34th of 51

$85.11

AK $195FL $64.57

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.