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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

Rhode Island 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?

$2,127

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,127 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$468$170 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$1,413 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $537 to $6,310Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,175
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,660professional $468

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 29th of 50

$2,127

$468 physician + $1,660 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.