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Chemotherapy Delivered Into The Spinal Fluid

Delaware rates for HCPCS 96450

This service delivers chemotherapy medication directly into the fluid surrounding the spinal cord and brain by way of a spinal puncture, commonly called a spinal tap. Giving chemotherapy this way, known as intrathecal administration, treats or prevents cancer that has spread to, or is at risk of spreading to, the central nervous system. The spinal puncture itself is included as part of this administration service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chemotherapy Delivered Into The Spinal Fluid cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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 4 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$132$83.18 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$1,122 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,890Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $76 to $234
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $132

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
$371.54
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$363.08
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,174.90
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$354.81

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Minnesota than in Delaware. 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.

Delaware· 51st of 51

$138

MN $240DE $138

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.