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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

Montana 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?

$2,143

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,143 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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$794$174 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$269 to $1,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,549Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,479
$200$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $1,349professional $794

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,258.93
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,513.56
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Montana 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

Montana· 28th of 50

$2,143

$794 physician + $1,349 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.