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Catheter Placement Into An Abdominal Or Leg Artery Branch

West Virginia rates for HCPCS 36245

A thin, flexible tube is carefully guided through the blood vessels into a specific first branch artery supplying the abdomen, pelvis, or leg. This access allows dye to be injected for an X-ray angiogram of that vessel, or allows treatment to be delivered directly to it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Catheter Placement Into An Abdominal Or Leg Artery Branch cost?

$490

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $490 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $4,467 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$490$263 to $1,380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,467$1,202 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $245 to $4,467Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,698
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $4,467professional $490

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
$245.47
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,412.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,754.40
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in New York than in Hawaii. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

West Virginia $490 · 48th of 51
NY $1,445HI $288

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.