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Catheter Into A Branch Lung Artery

Alabama rates for HCPCS 36015

Threads a catheter through the veins and the right side of the heart into one of the smaller branch arteries within a lung, beyond the main vessels. Reaching a specific branch lets the team take measurements or deliver contrast dye or treatment exactly where it is needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter Into A Branch Lung Artery cost?

$977

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $977 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $776 to $1,259.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,622
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $977

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in New Jersey than in Wyoming. 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.

Alabama· 43rd of 49

$977

NJ $5,370WY $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.