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Arterial Catheter For Prolonged Infusion

Pennsylvania 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $135 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$135$120 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,148 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $457 to $5,495Professionalmedian $135 · 10th to 90th $112 to $229
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,042professional $135

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
$501.19
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$269.15
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$269.15
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,244.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$151.36
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$251.19
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,238.72
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$239.88
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.80
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$69.18
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$27.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$102.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.80

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 38th of 51

$191

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.