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Needle Or Catheter Into The Arm Artery

Georgia 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?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $794 to $1,585.

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 $1,259 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,311Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $263 to $1,905
$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,259professional $437

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. 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
$602.56
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$660.69

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 5th of 39

$1,259

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.