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Flushing Of An Implanted Vein Access Port

Colorado 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?

$30.20

Typical physician fee. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $25.70 to $36.31.

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 $30 · 10th to 90th $23 to $50
$20$50$100professional $30

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
$22.39
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$42.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$54.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$114.82
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$56.23

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 30th of 51

$30.20

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.