No office rate
Use 36620 for percutaneous catheter placement; 36625 describes placement that uses a cutdown.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
36620 Arterial catheter Medicare reimbursement rates in Utah
Report percutaneous arterial catheter placement for invasive pressure monitoring or arterial sampling, such as an arterial line placed during critical care or surgery. Compare 36620 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Utah.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 36620 in Utah?
Utah has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
No supported rate
Facility setting
$40.16
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Utah
One mapped payment locality.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Arterial catheterization
About 36620: Percutaneous arterial catheter placement
Report percutaneous arterial catheter placement for invasive pressure monitoring or arterial sampling, such as an arterial line placed during critical care or surgery.
This service covers placing an arterial catheter through the skin for ongoing pressure monitoring or repeated arterial sampling. Anesthesia professionals, intensivists, and other clinicians commonly place an arterial line in an operating room or intensive care setting when continuous blood-pressure data or ready access for blood-gas sampling is needed. The percutaneous method distinguishes this service from placement using an open cutdown.
Select the code when the clinician places the catheter percutaneously, rather than for a one-time arterial blood draw alone. The record should support the reason for access, the arterial site, and catheter placement. CMS assigns a 0-day global period, so same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included. Modifier 50 is inappropriate. Medicare does not pay assistant-at-surgery services for this code; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 36620
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 0-day global period: same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral adjustment does not apply; the descriptor or anatomy makes modifier 50 inappropriate.
- Assistant at surgery
- Statutory restriction: assistant at surgery is not paid.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.98 · 80%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.16 · 13%
- Malpractice RVU0.08 · 7%
502.6K
Medicare services in 2024 · #233 by national volume
This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.
36620 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Utah, from the same CMS release.
$26.34
36600 is for arterial puncture and blood withdrawal. Use 36620 when a catheter is placed for monitoring or sampling access.
No office rate
36660 is for catheterization of a newborn’s umbilical artery. This code is for percutaneous arterial catheter placement outside that specific neonatal service.
Compare 36620 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
1 of 1 payment localities
Utah →
Office / nonfacility
Unavailable
Facility
$40.16
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How this local rate is calculated
Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 36620 in Utah.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
4,538
- Code
- 36620
- Physician work
- 0.98
- Practice expense
- 0.16
- Malpractice
- 0.08
GPCI2026.csv
104
- Locality
- Utah
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 0.940
- Malpractice
- 0.898
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 0.98 | × 1.000 | 0.9800 |
| Practice expense | 0.16 | × 0.940 | 0.1504 |
| Malpractice | 0.08 | × 0.898 | 0.0718 |
| Total RVUs | 1.2022 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Facility rate, Utah$40.16
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 0.98 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 0.16 | 0.94 |
| Malpractice | 0.08 | 0.898 |
(0.98 × 1 + 0.16 × 0.94 + 0.08 × 0.898) × $33.4009 = $40.16
The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.
36620 billing questions
How does this differ from 36625?
36620 is for percutaneous arterial catheter placement. Use 36625 when placement requires a cutdown.
Can 36620 be reported for a single arterial blood draw?
A one-time arterial puncture for blood withdrawal is represented by 36600. This code describes placement of a catheter, not just the puncture and sample.
Can modifier 50 be appended when both arms are catheterized?
No. CMS identifies bilateral adjustment as inappropriate for this code.
Does the 0-day global period include same-day care?
Yes. Same-day preoperative and postoperative care is included in the 0-day global period.
Can an assistant-at-surgery or co-surgeon be paid for this service?
Medicare does not pay assistant-at-surgery services for this code. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
4,53536597,,Reposition venous catheter,A,,1.18,2.05,,0.23,,0.15,3.38,1.56,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,53636598,,Inj w/fluor eval cv device,T,,0.72,2.68,,0.12,,0.07,3.47,0.91,9,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,53736600,,Withdrawal of arterial blood,A,,0.31,0.49,,0.06,,0.02,0.82,0.39,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,53836620,,Insertion catheter artery,A,,0.98,0.16,NA,0.16,,0.08,1.22,1.22,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,53936625,,Insertion catheter artery,A,,2.06,0.47,NA,0.47,,0.33,2.86,2.86,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,54036640,,Insertion catheter artery,A,,2.05,0.83,NA,0.83,,0.14,3.02,3.02,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,54136660,,Insertion catheter artery,A,,1.37,0.28,NA,0.28,,0.07,1.72,1.72,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
10104412,TX,15,GALVESTON,1.008,0.993,0.828
10204412,TX,18,HOUSTON,1.008,0.993,1.376
10304412,TX,99,REST OF TEXAS,1.000,0.949,0.903
10403502,UT,09,UTAH,1.000,0.940,0.898
10514512,VT,50,VERMONT,1.000,0.990,0.506
10611302,VA,00,VIRGINIA,1.000,0.983,0.706
10709202,VI,50,VIRGIN ISLANDS,1.000,1.011,0.985