CPT 96542

Chemotherapy Administration

Current code33 hospitals with prices

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Washington hospitals publish for this code

Commercial insurance: Rate negotiated with a private insurer or employer plan, including exchange and public-option plans.

Prices for CPT 96542 by hospital
HospitalCommercial insurance rates (lowest – highest)Cash priceList price (before discounts)
Capital Medical CenterOlympiaFile dated 2026-08-27$623 – $1,88319 plans$594$1,485
Deaconess Medical CenterSpokaneFile dated 2026-08-27$306 – $1,03716 plans$330$824
EvergreenHealth Medical CenterKirkland$64.30 – $3,07028 plans$430$537
Harborview Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01$612 – $8143 plans$737$1,053
Island HospitalAnacortes$511 – $7105 plans——
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichlandFile dated 2026-04-01$71.14 – $1,0348 plans$484$691
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01$151 – $7595 plans$80.60 – $231Doctor’s fee: $150 – $231$124 – $355Doctor’s fee: $231 – $355
Mary Bridge Children's HospitalTacomaFile dated 2026-08-27$98.35 – $3,10720 plans$594$1,485
MultiCare Auburn Medical CenterAuburnFile dated 2026-08-27$619 – $1,68620 plans$594$1,485
MultiCare Covington Medical CenterCovingtonFile dated 2026-08-27$619 – $1,68620 plans$594$1,485
MultiCare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallupFile dated 2026-08-27$619 – $1,68620 plans$594$1,485
MultiCare Valley HospitalSpokane ValleyFile dated 2026-08-27$306 – $1,24016 plans$330$824
Olympic Medical CenterPort AngelesFile dated 2026-06-24$288 – $5166 plans$413$516
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & ClinicsBellevueFile dated 2026-04-01$422 – $1,75312 plans——
PeaceHealth St John Medical CenterLongview$157 – $2,2603 plans$567$872
Prov Sacred HRT Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.SpokaneFile dated 2026-04-01$485 – $1,22113 plans$631$901
Providence Centralia HospitalCentraliaFile dated 2026-04-01$485 – $2,48310 plans——
Providence Holy Family HospitalSpokaneFile dated 2026-04-01$69.47 – $1,34912 plans——
Providence Regional Medical Center EverettEverettFile dated 2026-04-01$85.99 – $1,16713 plans——
Providence St Mary Medical CenterWalla WallaFile dated 2026-04-01$110 – $1,87410 plans$334$477
Providence St Peter HospitalOlympiaFile dated 2026-04-01$323 – $1,48414 plans——
Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle$61.76 – $1,057152 plans$1,101$128 – $1,101
Skagit Valley HospitalMount Vernon$392 – $1,53411 plans$548$685
Swedish Edmonds HospitalEdmondsFile dated 2026-04-01$564 – $1,35413 plans——
Swedish IssaquahIssaquahFile dated 2026-04-01$153 – $1,62715 plans$562 – $988$1,170 – $2,059
Swedish Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01$574 – $1,62222 plans$562 – $988$1,170 – $2,059
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry HillSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01$574 – $1,62216 plans$562 – $988$1,170 – $2,059
Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacomaFile dated 2026-08-27$619 – $1,68620 plans$594$1,485
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01$612 – $1,41711 plans$720$1,029
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle$4.02 – $1,22410 plans$346$679
Wellfound Behavioral Health HospitalTacomaFile dated 2026-08-27$9731 plan——
WhidbeyHealth Medical CenterCoupeville—$495$495
Yakima Valley MemorialYakimaFile dated 2026-08-27$317 – $1,13119 plans$258$646

Lowest and highest amounts each hospital lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. A doctor’s fee is shown separately when the hospital lists one with the code. “At least” means plans were counted in more than one group and some may be the same plan. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Medicare (traditional) reference

Only for people on original Medicare. These are CMS’s 2026 amounts. They aren’t what private insurance or cash patients pay.

Doctor's fee, Seattle (King County)
$160 in an office; $38.60 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington
$140 in an office; $36.05 in a hospital or surgery center
Hospital outpatient payment (national)
$337 (APC 5694)

How hospitals also write this code

Some price files write it differently. These are counted as CPT 96542:

  • 96542P (with a letter after it, P; 4 price lines)
  • 96542T (with a letter after it, T; 2 price lines)