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Chemotherapy Into the Chest Cavity

Texas rates for HCPCS 96440

Delivers chemotherapy directly into the space between the lung and the chest wall, and includes draining fluid from that space with a needle during the same session. It is used when cancer involving the lining of the lung keeps causing fluid to collect. Putting the drug straight into the space treats the surface where the fluid is forming.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chemotherapy Into the Chest Cavity cost?

$437

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $437 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $389 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$141 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$389$158 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,259Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $389professional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,380.38
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$2,238.72
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,288.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$114.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,071.52
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in New York than in Maryland. 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.

Texas· 38th of 51

$437

NY $955MD $257

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.