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Catheter Placement In A Major Chest Or Neck Artery Branch

Kansas 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?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,380 from a physician practice, and about $661 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,380$363 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$661$631 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $661 · 10th to 90th $457 to $3,715Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $275 to $3,802
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $661professional $1,380

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
$1,659.59
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,659.59
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
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$165.96

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 4th of 51

$1,259

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.