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Needle or Catheter Into a Neck Artery

Montana rates for HCPCS 36100

A needle or fine tube is placed directly into one of the arteries in the neck that carry blood up to the brain, so that contrast dye can be injected or medication delivered straight into the vessel. It covers gaining access to the artery itself. Any pictures taken through it are reported separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Needle or Catheter Into a Neck Artery cost?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $380 from a physician practice, and about $269 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$380$234 to $832
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$269$229 to $871

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $229 to $955Professionalmedian $380 · 10th to 90th $148 to $912
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $269professional $380

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$831.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$954.99
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$933.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Wisconsin than in Nebraska. 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.

Montana· 46th of 51

$372

WI $912NE $257

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.