Emergency room needle or catheter placement in arm or leg artery at Hca Houston Healthcare Conroe

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Introduction of needle or intracatheter, upper or lower extremity artery

CONROE, TX

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Hca Houston Healthcare Conroe’s median price of $1.3k is 31% above the median hospital's median price ($1.0k), higher than 58% of the 1,961 hospitals reporting CPT 36140. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 36140 at Hca Houston Healthcare Conroe

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 41 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Aetna mcr percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$149	$149	—	—	—	$149 – $149
2	Cigna csn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$332	$332	—	—	—	$332 – $332
3	Cigna openaccessplus percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$359	$359	—	—	—	$359 – $359
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield mybluehealth percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$365	$365	—	—	—	$365 – $365
5	UnitedHealthcare optionsppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$395	$395	—	—	—	$395 – $395
6	Blue Cross Blue Shield bav percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$403	$403	—	—	—	$403 – $403
7	Cigna ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$426	$426	—	—	—	$426 – $426
8	Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$504	$504	—	—	—	$504 – $504
9	Blue Cross Blue Shield eposoa percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$516	$516	—	—	—	$516 – $516
10	Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$525	$525	—	—	—	$525 – $525
11	Molina hix percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$605	$605	—	—	—	$605 – $605
12	Blue Cross Blue Shield traditional percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$785	$785	—	—	—	$785 – $785
13	Superior Healthplan chip case rate · outpatient	$948	$948	—	—	—	$948 – $948
14	Superior Healthplan chpfc case rate · outpatient	$948	$948	—	—	—	$948 – $948
15	Superior Healthplan star case rate · outpatient	$948	$948	—	—	—	$948 – $948
16	Superior Healthplan starkids case rate · outpatient	$948	$948	—	—	—	$948 – $948
17	Superior Healthplan starplus case rate · outpatient	$948	$948	—	—	—	$948 – $948
18	UnitedHealthcare globalappendix percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.0k	$1.0k	—	—	—	$1.0k – $1.0k
19	UnitedHealthcare smallgroup case rate · outpatient	$1.1k	$1.1k	—	—	—	$1.1k – $1.1k
20	First Health comm percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.2k	$1.2k	—	—	—	$1.2k – $1.2k
21	Aetna qhpexchange case rate · outpatient	$1.4k	$1.4k	—	—	—	$1.4k – $1.4k
22	UnitedHealthcare allpayerappendix case rate · outpatient	$1.6k	$1.6k	—	—	—	$1.6k – $1.6k
23	MultiPlan phcsprimarynetwork percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.7k	$1.7k	—	—	—	$1.7k – $1.7k
24	UnitedHealthcare narrownetworkindivexchange case rate · outpatient	$1.7k	$1.7k	—	—	—	$1.7k – $1.7k
25	Aetna nbhmo case rate · outpatient	$1.9k	$1.9k	—	—	—	$1.9k – $1.9k

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Last updated: May 14, 2026

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