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Arterial Catheter For Prolonged Infusion

Rhode Island 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?

$186

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$155 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,230 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $776 to $6,918Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $117 to $245
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $158

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 39th of 51

$186

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.