Chemotherapy injected into the spinal canal

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Chemo Admin Intrathecal

Payers reporting CPT 96450

Payer pricing summary

Low

$94

Average

$680

Median

$566

High

$3.1k

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1	Medicare other · both · +20 other terms	39	$349	$385	$123	32%	113–167	$304 – $1.3k
2	Bcbs Al facility · other · outpatient · +4 other terms	3	$751	$610	$199	33%	35–107	$399 – $803
3	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms	144	$348	$383	$261	68%	26	$1 – $2.1k
4	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +31 other terms	120	$333	$545	$856	157%	5–50	$8 – $7.6k
5	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +39 other terms	407	$362	$652	$909	139%	4–40	$1 – $9.7k
6	Florida Blue percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges · +1 other terms	1	$1.0k	$1.0k	$180	18%	3–30	$871 – $1.3k
7	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +34 other terms	376	$355	$466	$373	80%	2–20	$1 – $3.5k
8	Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +37 other terms	217	$355	$3.3k	$17.5k	532%	2–20	$1 – $168.6k
9	Bcbs In other · both	11	$1.2k	$1.2k	$195	16%	1–10	$802 – $1.6k
10	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +39 other terms	447	$352	$552	$1.5k	271%	—	$1 – $43.2k
11	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms	317	$354	$489	$578	118%	—	$1 – $8.3k
12	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	129	$342	$373	$141	38%	—	$69 – $786
13	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +26 other terms	105	$421	$578	$486	84%	—	$24 – $2.6k
14	Ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	89	$590	$652	$649	100%	—	$150 – $7.1k
15	Devoted facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +19 other terms	88	$333	$378	$412	109%	—	$60 – $4.9k
16	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	85	$705	$960	$2.0k	212%	—	$86 – $22.8k
17	Oscar facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +23 other terms	57	$521	$581	$539	93%	—	$152 – $4.1k
18	Tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +18 other terms	55	$332	$717	$1.4k	198%	—	$56 – $6.1k
19	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +24 other terms	54	$304	$399	$338	85%	—	$69 – $1.5k
20	Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	53	$460	$496	$381	77%	—	$58 – $1.5k
21	First Health fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	41	$583	$670	$417	62%	—	$79 – $2.0k
22	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	39	$319	$305	$98	32%	—	$1 – $717
23	Amerihealth Caritas facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	38	$97	$267	$286	107%	—	$77 – $1.1k
24	Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	32	$363	$351	$22	6%	—	$298 – $391
25	Aetna Better Health facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	30	$132	$220	$446	203%	—	$58 – $2.9k

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