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Arterial Catheter For Prolonged Infusion

North Carolina 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 North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $123 to $282.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $112 to $389
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $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
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$295.12
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 26th 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.