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Selective Catheter Placement In A Chest/Neck Artery

Connecticut rates for HCPCS 36217

Guiding a thin catheter through the blood vessels and threading it selectively into one of the smaller branching arteries that supply the chest, neck, or arms, going further into the branching pathway than the initial vessel access. It is a diagnostic or preparatory step, done before imaging or treatment of that specific artery branch, rather than a treatment on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Selective Catheter Placement In A Chest/Neck Artery cost?

$1,622

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,622 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,445 from a physician practice, and about $5,248 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 5 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$1,445$468 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,248$4,074 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $3,090 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $355 to $4,786
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,248professional $1,445

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
$3,801.89
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,786.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27,542.29
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$37,153.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,168.69
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Connecticut sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Connecticut $1,622 · 29th of 51
CA $2,239WV $724

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.