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Arterial Catheter For Prolonged Infusion

Tennessee 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?

$1,259

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 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$132 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,413 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $912 to $6,310Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $120 to $977
$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
$891.25
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,570.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$239.88
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42
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
$57.54
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.05

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 7th of 51

$1,259

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.