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Placement Of A Catheter Into A Major Central Vein

California rates for HCPCS 36010

This procedure places a thin tube into one of the large veins that carries blood directly to or from the heart, typically as part of a larger diagnostic or treatment procedure involving the heart or major blood vessels. It is often performed together with imaging to guide catheter placement.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement Of A Catheter Into A Major Central Vein cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 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 13 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$501$132 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$2,512 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $589 to $12,589Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $107 to $1,148
$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,890professional $501

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
$676.08
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,380.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
Blue Shield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,071.52
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$831.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$891.25
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$724.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,122.02
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where California sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Kansas than in New Hampshire. 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· 3rd of 51

$603

KS $661NH $331

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.