Catheter Into an Extra Chest or Neck Artery

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 36218

Steers a catheter from a main artery into a further branch vessel in the chest, neck or shoulder region so that vessel can be imaged or treated. It covers the extra navigation needed to reach each additional branch beyond the first during the same session. It is billed in addition to the main procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter Into an Extra Chest or Neck Artery cost?

$1,862

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $2,291 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 50 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed by	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	A doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	$245	$69.18 to $363
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	A hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	$2,291	$288 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $76 to $8,511Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $47 to $525

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $199.53 Median $3,019.95 Typical High $9,120.11	Facility	Global	$199.53	$3,019.95	$9,120.11
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2,511.89 Median $4,570.88 Typical High $12,022.64	Facility	Global	$2,511.89	$4,570.88	$12,022.64
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $61.66 Median $371.54 Typical High $1,698.24	Facility	Global	$61.66	$371.54	$1,698.24
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $199.53 Median $1,122.02 Typical High $3,630.78	Facility	Global	$199.53	$1,122.02	$3,630.78

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 37.2 times more in Delaware 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.

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DE $7,244WV $195

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.