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Deeply Selective Catheter Placement In An Artery Branch

South Carolina 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?

$676

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $676 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $1,820 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 7 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$589$324 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,820$617 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $398 to $9,772Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $269 to $2,399
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,820professional $589

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
$3,890.45
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$2,398.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,162.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 50th of 51

$676

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.