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Arterial Catheter For Prolonged Infusion

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Arterial Catheter For Prolonged Infusion cost?

$158

Typical physician fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $132 to $174.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $123 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2Kprofessional $158

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in Hawaii 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.

Louisiana· 24th of 51

$158

HI $1,549FL $126

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.