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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

Alaska rates for HCPCS 36011

Guides a thin, flexible tube (catheter) through the venous blood vessel system from a larger vein into a specific first branch vein, such as one leading to a particular organ, so that vein can be sampled or treated directly. It's a foundational step for various diagnostic tests and treatments that require precise access to a particular vein rather than just the main venous pathway. Reaching an even more specific, deeper branch beyond this point is billed separately as a related service.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch cost?

$1,910

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,910 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$437 to $2,512
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$479 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $182 to $5,888Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $186 to $4,074
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $977professional $933

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,380.38
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,073.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$4,786.30
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,168.69
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$4,073.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in New Jersey than in Wyoming. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 35th of 50

$1,910

$933 physician + $977 facility

NJ $5,509WY $926

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.