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Prolonged Intravenous Infusion Initiation with Pump

Pennsylvania 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?

$380

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 4 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$380$380 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$380 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $380 to $550Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $251 to $380
$200$500facility $380professional $380

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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$478.63
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 18th of 49

$380

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.