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Arterial Catheter For Prolonged Infusion

Kentucky 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $1,549 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$117 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,549$759 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $158 to $3,090Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $95 to $229
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $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
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$186.21
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$2,691.53
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$691.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
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
$58.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.78

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 46th of 51

$158

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.