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Catheter Into A Branch Lung Artery

California 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?

$4,266

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,818 to $6,310.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $13,490Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $447

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
$1,659.59
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,882.50
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,288.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,479.11
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$3,019.95
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,760.83

Where California 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.

California· 4th of 49

$4,266

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.