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Tissue Sample Taken Through A Catheter

California rates for HCPCS 37200

Threads a thin flexible tube through a blood vessel to reach the target area inside the body and takes a small tissue sample through it, using X-ray guidance to steer. Because the sample is collected from inside a vessel, no surgical opening is needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tissue Sample Taken Through A Catheter cost?

$6,166

Typical facility fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,166 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $3,981 to $8,913.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $14,125Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $166 to $457
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $209

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$22,908.68
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,489.63
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,466.84
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$457.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$17,782.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$28,840.32

Where California sits

The same service costs 57.5 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

California· 15th of 51

$6,166

IN $12,882ND $224

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.