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Catheter Placed in a Lung Artery

Massachusetts 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?

$1,202

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,202 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $204 to $2,570.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $166 to $3,631
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,202

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
$588.84
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,471.29
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$10,471.29
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$389.05
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$3,630.78
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts $1,202 · 34th 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.