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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

Louisiana 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?

$2,013

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,013 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,288 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$724$219 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$912 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $398 to $4,365Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $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
$478.63
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,348.96
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 30th of 50

$2,013

$724 physician + $1,288 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.