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Flushing Of An Implanted Vein Access Port

North Dakota 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?

$47.86

Typical physician fee. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $28.84 to $75.86.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $25 to $95
$50$100professional $48

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
$35.48
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$85.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$63.10

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 4th of 51

$47.86

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.