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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 October 2026.

How much does Arterial Catheter For Prolonged Infusion cost?

$240

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $240 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$138 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,202 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $407 to $7,244Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $123 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $182

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
$112.20
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$323.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$316.23
7 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
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$15.85
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$165.96

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 25th of 51

$240

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.