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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

Minnesota 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?

$3,172

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,172 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$339 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,122 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $251 to $6,026Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,630
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $933

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
$162.18
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,884.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 9th of 50

$3,172

$933 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.