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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

Connecticut 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?

$5,004

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,004 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$537$240 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$3,388 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $7,943Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $170 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $537

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
$1,778.28
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27,542.29
Median
$37,153.52
Typical High
$37,153.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,041.74
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 50

$5,004

$537 physician + $4,467 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.