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Placement of Catheter Into the Main Body Artery

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 36200

This procedure places a thin tube into the aorta, the body's main artery, usually threaded up from an artery in the groin or arm. It is typically the first step in an angiography or other catheter-based procedure that requires access to the main bloodstream.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement of Catheter Into the Main Body Artery cost?

$631

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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 6 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$479$224 to $871
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$4,365 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $2,630 to $8,511Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $479

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27,542.29
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$37,153.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,348.96
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Oklahoma than in West Virginia. 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.

Connecticut· 13th of 51

$631

OK $724WV $302

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.