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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01

96360 Hydration infusion Medicare reimbursement rates in Florida

Reports an initial IV fluid infusion for clinically indicated hydration, such as fluid replacement for dehydration, when the documented infusion meets the required duration. Compare 96360 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Florida.

Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.

What does Medicare pay for 96360 in Florida?

Florida has 3 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 3 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.

Office / nonfacility

$32.36–$35.03

3 of 3 localities have a supported rate.

Lowest: Rest Of Florida

Highest: Miami

A spread of $2.67 per service.

Facility setting

No supported rate

These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.

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Where 96360 pays more and less in Florida

3 payment localities

$32.36 to $35.03

$32.36$33.70$35.03
One dot per payment locality, office / nonfacility. Hover a dot to see the locality; select it to open that rate.

Infusion services

About 96360: Initial intravenous hydration infusion

Reports an initial IV fluid infusion for clinically indicated hydration, such as fluid replacement for dehydration, when the documented infusion meets the required duration.

96360 reports IV fluids given to replace fluid volume, such as hydration for documented dehydration after vomiting or poor oral intake. A nurse or other clinical staff member commonly administers the infusion in an office, clinic, or emergency department. The service is fluid replacement, not the administration of a therapeutic medication; fluid used only as a drug carrier or to keep an IV line open does not establish hydration as a separately reportable service.

Report 96360 for an infusion lasting 31 minutes through one hour, supported by the infusion record and documentation of the clinical need for hydration. Report it once as the initial hydration service; 96361 is the add-on code for qualifying additional hydration time. When a medication is infused, distinguish its administration from any separately medically necessary hydration. Medicare treats this as an incident-to service and permits billing only when performed under physician supervision.

CMS billing rules for 96360

Professional and technical components
Incident-to service: billed only when performed under physician supervision.

Where the value comes from

  • Work RVU0.17 · 17%
  • Practice expense (office) RVU0.82 · 82%
  • Malpractice RVU0.01 · 1%

222.4K

Medicare services in 2024 · #363 by national volume

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.

96360 compared with similar codes

Office rates for Florida, from the same CMS release.

96361

IV hydration

Each additional hour

$12.77–$13.93

96360 covers the initial hydration interval. 96361 reports qualifying additional hydration time and must accompany an appropriate initial service.

96365

IV drug infusion

Initial, first hour

$65.22–$71.59

Choose 96360 for fluid replacement as the purpose of the infusion; choose 96365 for an infused therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic medication.

96374

IV push

Single or initial IV push

$36.71–$40.04

96360 reports an IV hydration infusion. 96374 reports administration of a medication by IV push.

Compare 96360 by payment locality

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3 of 3 payment localities

Office and facility base rates · shared scale starting at $0

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96360 billing questions

How is 96360 different from 96365?

96360 is for IV fluid replacement for hydration. Use 96365 when the service is an infusion of a therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic medication.

What infusion time supports 96360?

The initial hydration infusion must last at least 31 minutes and no more than one hour for 96360. Document the infusion duration in the administration record.

When is 96361 reported with 96360?

96361 is the add-on code for qualifying additional hydration time beyond the initial service. It is not reported by itself.

Can hydration be billed when medication is infused during the encounter?

Report hydration separately only when it is independently medically necessary and meets the hydration coding requirements. Fluid serving only as a medication carrier or line flush is not a separate hydration service.

What documentation supports 96360?

Document the clinical reason for fluid replacement, the fluid administered, and the infusion duration. Medicare billing also requires performance under physician supervision because this is an incident-to service.

Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.

Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.

RVUs for 96360PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv, line 12,777 (RVU26D)
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