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Needle Or Catheter Into The Arm Artery

California 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?

$4,169

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,169 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,089 from a physician practice, and about $4,266 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2,089$2,089 to $2,089
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,266$2,951 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $12,023Professionalmedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $955 to $2,089
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,266professional $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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,698.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$851.14

Where California sits

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.

California· 1st of 39

$4,169

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.