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Deeply Selective Catheter Placement In An Artery Branch

Louisiana 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?

$1,380

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $977 from a physician practice, and about $1,622 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 6 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$977$389 to $1,862
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,622$933 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $447 to $4,365Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $302 to $2,344
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,622professional $977

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
$512.86
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,754.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$2,951.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,380.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,398.83
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,630.27

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 15th of 51

$1,380

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.