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Arterial Catheter For Prolonged Infusion

Maryland 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?

$214

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $126 to $1,862.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $347 to $3,631Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $105 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,995professional $126

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$144.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$288.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$323.59
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
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
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.45

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 32nd of 51

$214

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.