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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

Kentucky 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?

$1,502

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,502 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,023 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$479$170 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,023$316 to $1,778

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $209 to $10,715Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,349
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,023professional $479

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
$208.93
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$977.24
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,801.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 45th of 50

$1,502

$479 physician + $1,023 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.