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Flushing Of An Implanted Vein Access Port

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.02 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $28.84 to $57.54.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $23 to $89
$10$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
$20.89
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$128.82
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$70.79
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$46.77
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$74.13
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$81.28

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 13th 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.