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Artery Line Placed Through a Small Incision

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 36625

A small incision is made to expose an artery directly so that a fine tube can be threaded into it, allowing blood pressure to be read continuously and blood samples to be drawn without repeated needle sticks. Exposing the vessel this way is used when it cannot be entered with a needle through the skin. The tube stays in place for as long as close monitoring is needed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Artery Line Placed Through a Small Incision cost?

$389

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $138 to the doctor who performs it, and $251 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$138$129 to $170
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$251$158 to $1,202

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $112 to $3,890Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $102 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $251professional $138

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 14.3 times more in New York than in Florida. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Rhode Island· 40th of 51

$389

$138 physician + $251 facility

NY $2,859FL $200

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.