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Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy Infusion, Each Additional Hour

South 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?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $74.13 from a physician practice, and about $257 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$74.13$61.66 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$257$93.33 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $93 to $490Professionalmedian $74 · 10th to 90th $27 to $110
$20$50$100$200$500facility $257professional $74

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
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$109.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$190.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$125.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$109.65
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
$37.15
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$7.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$63.10
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$17.38

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· 47th of 51

$74.13

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.