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Selective Catheter Placement In An Artery Branch

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 36246

This describes threading a thin catheter through the blood vessels into a specific branch of an artery in the abdomen, pelvis, or leg, one step more selective than placing the catheter in the main trunk of the artery. It is typically done as part of an X-ray-guided procedure to diagnose or treat a problem in that branch.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Selective Catheter Placement In An Artery Branch cost?

$871

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $871 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $724 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 74 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$724$302 to $1,175
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$977 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $363 to $10,000Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,738
$1.0$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $2,630professional $724

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
$489.78
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,445.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,819.70

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 2.4 times more in California than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

CA $1,096RI $457

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.