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Catheter Placed in a Lung Artery

Indiana 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 October 2026.

How much does Catheter Placed in a Lung Artery cost?

$1,198

Typical total for the visit. In Indiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,198 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $347 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$347$195 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$245 to $2,291

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $148 to $4,266Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $347

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$977.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$912.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,348.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,023.29
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,238.72
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$91.20

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 9.9 times more in New York than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Indiana· 31st of 51

$1,198

$347 physician + $851 facility

NY $4,974KY $504

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.