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Needle Or Catheter Into The Arm Artery

Iowa 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $269 to $1,175.

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 $692 · 10th to 90th $195 to $8,710Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $214 to $2,089
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $692professional $851

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
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$8,709.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$851.14

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 39

$832

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.