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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

Maryland 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?

$724

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $186 to $1,047.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $71 to $3,388Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,950
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,622professional $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
$70.79
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,698.24
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in California than in New Hampshire. 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.

Maryland· 42nd of 51

$724

CA $2,089NH $490

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.