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Arterial Catheter For Prolonged Infusion

Massachusetts 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?

$263

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $1,175 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$138 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,175$251 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $129 to $5,495Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $105 to $977
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $191

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
$380.19
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$354.81
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$512.86
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$501.19
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$1,148.15
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
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
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$35.48

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 20th of 51

$263

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.