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Catheter Into A Branch Lung Artery

Louisiana 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?

$1,259

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $794 to $2,570.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $234 to $3,467
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,259

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
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,737.80
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 34th of 49

$1,259

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.