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Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy Infusion, Each Additional Hour

Massachusetts 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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$135$97.72 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$63.10 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $52 to $214Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $76 to $490
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $81professional $135

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
$120.23
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$91.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$380.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$125.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$138.04
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$269.15
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$117.49
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$85.11
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
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.96
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$54.95

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· 10th of 51

$132

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.