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Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy Infusion, Each Additional Hour

North Carolina 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?

$129

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $79.43 to $174.

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 $72 · 10th to 90th $72 to $83Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $79 to $209
$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $129

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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$83.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$77.62
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$120.23
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
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.32
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$10.72

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

$129

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.