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Catheter Placed in a Lung Artery

Alabama rates for HCPCS 36014

Threads a catheter through a vein and the right side of the heart into the artery supplying one lung, so pressures can be measured, dye injected, or treatment delivered at that site. X-ray guidance is used to steer it into position. Placing the catheter is the service; any imaging or treatment given through it is counted separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter Placed in a Lung Artery cost?

$977

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $776 to $1,259.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,660
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $977

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 16.6 times more in New Jersey than in Wyoming. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alabama $977 · 42nd of 49
NJ $4,898WY $295

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.