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Catheter Placed in a Lung Artery

North Dakota 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?

$1,102

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,102 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $251 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$288 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$251$151 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $135 to $1,072Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,820
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $251professional $851

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
$151.36
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,187.76
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,754.23
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$851.14
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,621.81
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$85.11

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 36th of 51

$1,102

$851 physician + $251 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.