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Catheter Into A Branch Lung Artery

Washington 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?

$1,698

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,698 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $437 to $2,754.

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 $1,698 · 10th to 90th $309 to $7,943
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,698

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
$323.59
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$11,220.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,187.76
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,737.80
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,754.40

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 24th of 49

$1,698

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.