CPT code 96361: IV hydration, each additional hour2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Connecticut

In Connecticut, Medicare pays $13.90 for 96361 in the office.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 96361 covers

This add-on represents continued intravenous hydration after the initial hydration service, such as fluid replacement for dehydration or volume depletion. It is commonly administered by nursing staff in an outpatient office or emergency department under a clinician’s order. The fluids are given to replenish volume or hydration, not merely to deliver a medication or keep an IV line open.

Report units from the documented hydration time under CPT infusion time rules, not from the number of bags or access sites. The record should identify the fluids, clinical reason, and infusion start and stop times; when medication administration occurs during the encounter, distinguish hydration time from drug-infusion time. CMS classifies 96361 as an add-on that must be billed with a primary procedure and is paid within that procedure’s global period. It is an incident-to service and may be billed only when performed under physician supervision.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Connecticut compares for 96361

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 96361 runs from $11.50 in Arkansas to $17.48 in San Benito County, CA. Connecticut pays $13.90. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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96361 rates by state

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How the 96361 rate is calculated

Each of 96361’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 96361

The CMS indicators that decide how 96361 is paid alongside other services.

Codes related to 96361

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 96361 has changed in Connecticut

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Where the Connecticut rate applies

Connecticut is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 215 cities and communities in Connecticut. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Ansonia
• Ball Pond
• Baltic
• Bantam
• Bethel
• Bethlehem Village
• Bigelow Corners
• Blue Hills

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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