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Catheter Into an Extra Chest or Neck Artery

North Carolina 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?

$257

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $257 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $91.20 to $468.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $257 · 10th to 90th $59 to $2,455Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $347 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $257professional $347

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$7,244.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47

Where North Carolina sits

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.

North Carolina· 43rd of 49

$257

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.