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Flushing Of An Implanted Vein Access Port

South 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?

$58.88

Typical physician fee. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $58.88 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $32.36 to $93.33.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $59 · 10th to 90th $26 to $95
$50$100professional $59

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
$93.33
Typical High
$95.50
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$169.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$60.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$70.79
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 1st of 51

$58.88

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.