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Catheter Placement In A Major Chest Or Neck Artery Branch

Alaska rates for HCPCS 36215

A thin catheter is guided through the blood vessels, typically starting from an artery in the groin or arm, into a major first branch off the main chest artery, such as a vessel supplying the neck, arm, or head, to allow imaging or treatment of that vessel. Live x-ray imaging is used to confirm correct placement. It is a foundational step for a broader angiogram or catheter-based treatment in that region.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter Placement In A Major Chest Or Neck Artery Branch cost?

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,122 from a physician practice, and about $1,072 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$1,122$550 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,072$316 to $1,660

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $245 to $2,455Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $240 to $4,169
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,072professional $1,122

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
$707.95
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,238.72
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,168.69
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,238.72
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,162.28

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Kansas 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.

Alaska· 7th of 51

$1,122

KS $1,230WV $355

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.