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
UPMC Kane Kane, PA $368.40 $34.79 – $134.01
Marion General Hospital Marion, OH $369.20 $203.10 – $211.22
UPMC Altoona Altoona, PA $369.60 $31.63 – $492.80
Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center Chamberlain, SD $370.40 $158.35 – $416.70
UnityPoint Health - Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell, IA $370.65 $27.80 – $209.63
Sanford Hospital Webster Webster, SD $372.00 $146.01 – $418.50
Sanford Medical Center Hillsboro Hillsboro, ND $372.00 $112.58 – $418.50
Sanford Medical Center Mayville Mayville, ND $372.00 $112.58 – $418.50
Tiffin Hospital Tiffin, OH $372.00 not published
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque, IA $372.07 $27.80 – $372.06
Providence St Mary Medical Center Walla Walla, WA $372.40 $189.92 – $438.50
Parkview Logansport Hospital Logansport, IN $373.88 $225.04 – $450.08
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago, IL $375.00 $295.50 – $1,270.00
MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, SC $375.00 $163.71 – $227.37
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX $375.50 $120.31 – $854.69
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center GREEN BAY, WI $375.54 $83.08 – $467.33
HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital SHEBOYGAN, WI $375.54 $83.21 – $468.03
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Green Bay, WI $375.54 $82.64 – $464.86
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital OCONTO FALLS, WI $375.54 $217.31 – $506.98
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana, CA $376.60 $113.78 – $506.11
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Emergency Center - Alon San Antonio, TX $377.19 $93.70 – $395.66
Mary Immaculate Hospital Newport News, VA $377.40 not published
Maryview Hospital Portsmouth, VA $377.40 not published
St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton Stockton, CA $378.38 $51.30 – $1,005.32
Kadlec Regional Medical Center Richland, WA $378.70 $57.94 – $718.42
Sanford Wheaton Wheaton, MN $382.40 $115.72 – $430.20
Barnesville Hospital Barnesville, OH $383.00 $78.00 – $78.00
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital - Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon, IL $383.35 $227.94 – $239.33
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Centralia Centralia, IL $383.35 $227.94 – $239.33
Platte County Hospital Wheatland, WY $383.72 $203.52 – $411.28
SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital Saint Louis, MO $385.16 $57.06 – $57.06
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital Breese, IL $385.20 $91.17 – $569.84
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview, TX $386.82 $81.36 – $225.42
UPMC Northwest Seneca, PA $388.20 $34.79 – $210.91
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO $388.70 $140.61 – $1,366.89
Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital Cedar Park, TX $389.37 $36.45 – $160.02
Inova Alexandria Hospital Alexandria, VA $390.00 $210.69 – $667.98
Inova Fairfax Hospital Falls Church, VA $390.00 $210.69 – $667.98
Inova Fair Oaks Hospital VA 22033-1709, VA $390.00 $210.69 – $667.98
Inova Loudoun Hospital Leesburg, VA $390.00 $210.69 – $667.98
Inova Mount Vernon Hospital Alexandria, VA $390.00 $210.69 – $667.98
Sanford Luverne Medical Center Luverne, MN $394.40 $78.68 – $292.50
Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA $395.76 $1.04 – $428.14
HSHS St. John's Hospital IL 62769|301 N. 8th St., IL $396.00 $227.94 – $569.84
UnityPoint Health - Allen Hospital Waterloo, IA $396.11 $27.80 – $260.93
UnityPoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown, IA $396.11 $27.80 – $237.66
Adventhealth Durand Durand, WI $396.97 not published
OSF Saint Clare Medical Center Princeton, IL $401.60 not published
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo, WI $402.05 $154.95 – $206.61
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville, VA $402.50 $211.68 – $217.91

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