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Deeply Selective Catheter Placement In An Artery Branch

Alabama rates for HCPCS 36247

This describes threading a thin catheter through the blood vessels into a deeper, more specific branch of an artery in the abdomen, pelvis, or leg, farther along the vessel than a more basic catheter placement. It is typically done as part of an X-ray-guided procedure to diagnose or treat a problem in that specific branch, such as a blockage or bleeding source.

Rates data updated July 2026.

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

$1,122

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,122 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,259 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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$1,259$363 to $1,820
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$776 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $447 to $2,399Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $295 to $2,344
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $1,259

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
$537.03
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,897.79
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Hawaii 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.

Alabama· 31st of 51

$1,122

HI $1,905WV $646

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.