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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,806

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,806 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $407 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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 13 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$407$170 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,096 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $427 to $8,511Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $407

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
$275.42
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,258.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$134.90
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$19,952.62
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,513.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,819.70
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$16,982.44
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$977.24
Independence Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$19,498.45
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,513.56
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,456.54
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 15th of 50

$2,806

$407 physician + $2,399 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.