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Flushing Of An Implanted Vein Access Port

Virginia 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?

$30.90

Typical physician fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $26.92 to $41.69.

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 $31 · 10th to 90th $25 to $56
$20$50$100professional $31

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
$30.20
Typical High
$51.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$69.18
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$54.95
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$51.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$53.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$58.88

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 27th of 51

$30.90

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.