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Catheter Into A Branch Lung Artery

South Carolina 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?

$2,455

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,455 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,148 to $5,623.

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 $2,455 · 10th to 90th $234 to $21,878
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,455

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
$2,454.71
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 17th of 49

$2,455

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.