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Prolonged Intravenous Infusion Initiation with Pump

California rates for HCPCS C8957

Intravenous infusion for therapy/diagnosis; initiation of prolonged infusion (more than 8 hours), requiring use of portable or implantable pump

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Prolonged Intravenous Infusion Initiation with Pump cost?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $537 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$269$269 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$288 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $257 to $871Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $251 to $759
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $537professional $269

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$758.58
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$537.03

Where California sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Massachusetts than in Oklahoma. 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.

California· 32nd of 49

$347

MA $708OK $138

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.