IV Fluids (first hour) cost at US hospitals

Intravenous hydration infusion, initial 31 minutes to 1 hour · CPT 96360

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IV Fluids (first hour)

This is plain fluid given through a vein — salt water, essentially — as its own treatment rather than as a carrier for a drug. This code covers the first infusion, once it has run longer than half an hour and up to an hour. It is billed by time, not by the bag.

$22.14

lowest cash price

$390.00

national median

$3,653.40

highest cash price

875

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $22.14–$3,653.40 — the variation is the story.

Cheapest published cash price

$22.14

64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo — Yazoo City, MS

Most expensive published cash price

$3,653.40

MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center — Des Moines, IA

Median cash price over time

Sep 1, 2025 ($408.65) → Sep 1, 2026 ($424.50)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 5 $405.72 $744.12 $1,035.84
Arizona 23 $78.55 $201.13 $458.56
Arkansas 11 $120.00 $151.76 $595.00
California 90 $66.60 $442.00 $1,647.75
Colorado 17 $148.60 $933.33 $933.33
Florida 81 $254.15 $782.35 $1,987.82
Georgia 25 $225.56 $678.00 $1,485.91
Hawaii 2 $193.28 $193.28 $438.75
Illinois 49 $175.00 $401.60 $715.20
Indiana 26 $373.88 $424.50 $1,213.91
Iowa 28 $191.52 $396.11 $3,653.40
Kansas 11 $148.80 $240.50 $660.31
Kentucky 22 $189.48 $323.83 $1,213.91
Louisiana 1 $278.46 $278.46 $278.46
Maine 7 $328.00 $533.10 $757.55
Maryland 2 $234.00 $234.00 $234.00
Michigan 27 $158.48 $522.40 $685.00
Minnesota 19 $165.09 $342.40 $632.80
Mississippi 11 $22.14 $184.00 $313.60
Missouri 21 $69.00 $337.70 $423.50
Montana 2 $236.00 $236.00 $416.00
Nebraska 13 $158.70 $247.38 $470.31
Nevada 4 $193.21 $292.54 $408.13
New Hampshire 1 $423.90 $423.90 $423.90
New Jersey 21 $146.39 $233.20 $254.89
New Mexico 2 $215.46 $215.46 $215.46
New York 23 $144.00 $249.32 $1,002.00
North Carolina 15 $140.15 $140.15 $773.96
North Dakota 4 $372.00 $372.00 $476.80
Ohio 68 $121.01 $478.80 $1,441.50
Oklahoma 17 $136.50 $144.67 $1,057.65
Oregon 13 $85.05 $648.00 $1,035.75
Pennsylvania 32 $231.60 $522.00 $1,143.00
South Carolina 11 $59.50 $320.40 $497.00
South Dakota 7 $370.40 $461.60 $530.40
Tennessee 38 $78.66 $104.32 $1,335.56
Texas 113 $72.00 $449.55 $1,833.06
Virginia 43 $78.66 $336.00 $642.00
Washington 31 $198.10 $418.51 $613.60
West Virginia 17 $171.50 $290.50 $513.50
Wisconsin 33 $187.50 $293.70 $614.52
Wyoming 4 $238.14 $254.40 $383.72

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen, TX $449.55 $52.36 – $52.36
Texas Health Center for Diagnostics and Surgery Plano Plano, TX $449.55 $56.57 – $56.57
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle Azle, TX $449.55 $72.11 – $72.11
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton, TX $449.55 $52.36 – $52.36
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound Flower Mound, TX $449.55 $56.57 – $56.57
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas, TX $449.55 $52.36 – $52.36
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco, TX $449.55 $52.36 – $52.36
Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital Arlington Arlington, TX $449.55 $56.57 – $56.57
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman Kaufman, TX $449.55 $72.11 – $72.11
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford Bedford, TX $449.55 $52.36 – $52.36
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano, TX $449.55 $52.36 – $52.36
Texas Health Hospital Rockwall Rockwall, TX $449.55 $56.57 – $56.57
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake Southlake, TX $449.55 $56.57 – $56.57
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth, TX $449.55 $52.36 – $52.36
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth, TX $449.55 $52.36 – $52.36
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville Stephenville, TX $449.55 $72.11 – $72.11
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne Cleburne, TX $449.55 $72.11 – $72.11
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City, FL $450.00 $211.49 – $391.26
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola, FL $452.00 $211.49 – $391.26
French Hospital San Luis Obispo, CA $452.37 $63.71 – $807.80
Mercy Hospital of Folsom Folsom, CA $453.97 $33.91 – $956.94
OSF Saint Paul Medical Center Mendota, IL $454.40 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV $455.20 $69.00 – $69.00
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills, CA $456.40 $113.78 – $506.11
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ $458.02 $33.97 – $902.18
ADVENTIST HEALTH CLEARLAKE HOSPITAL Clearlake, CA $458.28 $73.58 – $2,100.45
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) Prescott, AZ $458.56 $33.97 – $79.50
CHI Health St. Francis Grand Island, NE $460.79 $55.44 – $734.14
Sanford Aberdeen Medical Center Aberdeen, SD $461.60 $200.16 – $519.30
HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital Mattoon, IL $465.12 $91.17 – $646.00
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Bismarck, ND $466.40 $32.29 – $524.70
Dominican Hospital Santa Cruz, CA $466.65 $63.71 – $906.01
OSF Saint Anthony's Health Center Alton, IL $466.80 $82.35 – $232.50
Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Grass Valley, CA $468.70 $63.71 – $775.18
MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center Camden, SC $469.00 $120.12 – $226.16
Weirton Medical Center Weirton, WV $469.50 $21.36 – $1,033.35
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley, WA $470.00 $205.53 – $919.24
MultiCare Deaconess Hospital Spokane, WA $470.00 $207.00 – $921.30
CHI Health Good Samaritan Kearney, NE $470.31 $55.44 – $717.03
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton, SD $476.00 $200.07 – $526.50
Sanford Fargo Medical Center Fargo, ND $476.80 $32.29 – $536.40
Jewish Hospital Cincinnati, OH $478.80 not published
Anderson Hospital Cincinnati, OH $478.80 not published
Clermont Hospital Batavia, OH $478.80 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason, OH $478.80 not published
Fairfield Hospital Fairfield, OH $478.80 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati, OH $478.80 not published
Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital IL 60190, IL $483.70 not published
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva, IL $483.70 not published
Hardin Memorial Hospital Kenton, OH $487.50 not published

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