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Selective Catheter Placement In A Chest/Neck Artery

Nebraska 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?

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $3,715 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 7 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$1,585$490 to $2,754
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,715$2,239 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $550 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,981
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,715professional $1,585

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
$2,238.72
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$4,265.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$13,182.57
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$5,623.41
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$4,466.84

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 3.1 times more in California 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.

Nebraska· 23rd of 51

$1,660

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.