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Catheter Placement In A Major Chest Or Neck Artery Branch

Arizona 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 October 2026.

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

$1,096

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,096 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,096 from a physician practice, and about $1,230 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,096$251 to $1,738
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,230$468 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $234 to $4,677Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $219 to $3,981
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,230professional $1,096

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,348.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,621.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,548.82
7 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
$114.82
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Washington 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.

Arizona· 11th of 51

$1,096

WA $1,549NE $380

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.