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Arterial Line Placement

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 36620

This procedure places a thin catheter into an artery, most often at the wrist, to allow continuous blood pressure monitoring or repeated blood sampling without separate needle sticks. It is commonly used during major surgery or in intensive care when close, ongoing monitoring is needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Arterial Line Placement cost?

$70.79

Typical physician fee. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $54.95 to $347.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $71 to $1,862Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $42 to $186
$10$50$200$1Kfacility $794professional $55

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
$70.79
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$186.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$190.55
Qualchoice
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$107.15

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 15.5 times more in Oklahoma than in Hawaii. 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.

Arkansas· 35th of 51

$70.79

OK $759HI $48.98

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.