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Needle Or Catheter Into The Arm Artery

Virginia 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $155 to $661.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $132 to $851Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,660
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $389professional $575

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$851.14

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 33rd of 39

$407

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.