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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

Massachusetts 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?

$1,767

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,767 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $479 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$479$200 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,288$219 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $170 to $3,631Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $141 to $2,042
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,288professional $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
$602.56
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$3,090.30
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,168.69
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,187.76
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$4,168.69
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 37th of 50

$1,767

$479 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.