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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

Colorado 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?

$2,668

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,668 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $269 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$269$174 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$977 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $257 to $7,586Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,318
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $269

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
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,513.56
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,737.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 16th of 50

$2,668

$269 physician + $2,399 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.