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Arterial Catheter For Prolonged Infusion

Colorado 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?

$1,445

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,445 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $6,761 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$170$141 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,761$3,162 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $13,183Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $129 to $275
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,761professional $170

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
$1,148.15
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$6,025.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,182.57
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$257.04
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$229.09
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$3,388.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$281.84
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
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$17.78

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$1,445

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.