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Arterial Catheter For Prolonged Infusion

South 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $2,239 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$162$117 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,239$692 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $501 to $13,183Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $98 to $234
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $162

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
$162.18
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$12,302.69
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
5 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
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 36th of 51

$200

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.