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Catheter Placement In A Major Chest Or Neck Artery Branch

Tennessee 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?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 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$708$257 to $1,318
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$537 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $166 to $4,074Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,950
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $708

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
$616.60
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,778.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,905.46
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 37th of 51

$851

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.