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Prolonged Intravenous Infusion Initiation with Pump

Massachusetts 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $331 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 7 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$724$251 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$331$251 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $331 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,202Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $331professional $724

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
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$8,511.38
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,047.13
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$977.24

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 1st of 49

$708

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.