Needle Or Catheter Into The Arm Artery

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 36120

Placing a needle or a thin tube into the main artery of the arm, pointed back toward the heart, to gain access to the bloodstream. The access is used to inject contrast dye for X-ray pictures of blood vessels or to deliver treatment through the catheter.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Needle Or Catheter Into The Arm Artery cost?

$2,692

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,692 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $759 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 25 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed by	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	A doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	$759	$269 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	A hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	$3,236	$912 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $204 to $9,550Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $186 to $2,089

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2,137.96 Median $4,168.69 Typical High $12,022.64	Facility	Global	$2,137.96	$4,168.69	$12,022.64
BCBS Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $407.38 Median $407.38 Typical High $512.86	Professional	Global	$407.38	$407.38	$512.86
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,071.52 Median $1,412.54 Typical High $3,981.07	Facility	Global	$1,071.52	$1,412.54	$3,981.07
Cigna Setting Professional Modifier Global Typical Low $194.98 Median $630.96 Typical High $1,698.24	Professional	Global	$194.98	$630.96	$1,698.24

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 20.4 times more in California than in South Carolina. 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.

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CA $4,169SC $204

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.