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Arterial Catheter For Prolonged Infusion

Arkansas rates for HCPCS 36640

Placement of a thin tube into an artery so that medicine, most often chemotherapy, can be delivered directly into the artery supplying a particular area over a prolonged period. Giving treatment this way concentrates it where it is needed.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Arterial Catheter For Prolonged Infusion cost?

$1,585

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,585 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $1,950 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$123 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,950$1,445 to $3,020

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,169Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $120 to $224
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $158

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
$141.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$239.88
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 12.9 times more in Arkansas than in New York. 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· 1st of 51

$1,585

AR $1,585NY $123

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.