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Placement of Catheter Into the Main Body Artery

Vermont 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 October 2026.

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

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $224 to $977.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $2,042Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,349
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,585professional $676

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$81.28

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 3.8 times more in Wisconsin than in Nebraska. 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.

Vermont· 8th of 51

$676

WI $912NE $240

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.