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Catheter Placed in a Lung Artery

Washington 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?

$1,514

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $372 to $2,291.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $275 to $7,943
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,514

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
$275.42
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$11,481.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,041.74
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,584.89
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Washington 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.

Washington $1,514 · 26th 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.