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Medication Infused Through A Catheter Into A Vessel

California rates for HCPCS 37202

Delivery of medication directly into a chosen blood vessel through a thin tube threaded there from a puncture made elsewhere in the body. Concentrating the drug at the target site lets it act where it is needed instead of spreading through the whole body.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Medication Infused Through A Catheter Into A Vessel cost?

$5,888

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,888 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,738 from a physician practice, and about $5,888 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,738$1,738 to $4,169
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,888$4,074 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $3,631 to $13,804Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,738 to $4,169
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,888professional $1,738

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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$645.65
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$5,011.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,168.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$758.58

Where California sits

The same service costs 29.5 times more in California than in Illinois. 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· 1st of 30

$5,888

CA $5,888IL $200

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.