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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

Iowa 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?

$3,090

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,090 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$234 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,288 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $309 to $6,761Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $162 to $2,754
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $851

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
$309.03
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,884.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,238.72
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$2,290.87
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 11th of 50

$3,090

$851 physician + $2,239 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.