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Arterial Catheter For Prolonged Infusion

Minnesota 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $245 from a physician practice, and about $457 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$245$195 to $347
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$457$214 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $132 to $6,607Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $148 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $457professional $245

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
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$575.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$512.86
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$478.63
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.85

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 19th of 51

$275

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.