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Flushing Of An Implanted Vein Access Port

Rhode Island 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?

$35.48

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $30.90 to $35.48.

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 $35 · 10th to 90th $26 to $42
$50professional $35

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
$25.70
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$56.23

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 17th of 51

$35.48

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.