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Catheter Placed in a Lung Artery

Montana 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?

$545

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $545 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $263 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$282$214 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$263$224 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,318Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,318
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $263professional $282

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,202.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,380.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$545

$282 physician + $263 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.