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Flushing Of An Implanted Vein Access Port

Alaska rates for HCPCS 96523

This is the flushing and maintenance of a port or catheter that has been surgically implanted under the skin for long-term intravenous access, such as for chemotherapy or other repeated infusions. A needle accesses the port and a solution is used to clear the line and keep it from clotting. It's a maintenance procedure rather than a new placement of the device.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Flushing Of An Implanted Vein Access Port cost?

$38.02

Typical physician fee. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $27.54 to $70.79.

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

Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $25 to $102
$20$50$100professional $38

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
$24.55
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$74.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$138.04
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$144.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$81.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in South Dakota 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.

Alaska· 12th of 51

$38.02

SD $58.88KY $26.92

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.