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Refilling An Implanted Drug Pump

Vermont rates for HCPCS 96522

Refilling and servicing of a drug pump or reservoir implanted under the skin that delivers medication into the bloodstream. A needle is passed through the skin into the device's filling port to empty and refill it, and the device is checked to confirm it is working correctly.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Refilling An Implanted Drug Pump cost?

$141

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $112 to $158.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $72 to $302
$100$200$500professional $141

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$302.00
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in Minnesota than in Kentucky. 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.

Vermont· 23rd of 51

$141

MN $251KY $112

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.