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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

Alabama 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?

$1,702

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,702 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$214 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$776 to $1,259

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $447 to $1,738Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $977professional $724

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
$562.34
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 40th of 50

$1,702

$724 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.