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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

South Carolina 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?

$1,916

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,916 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$186 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$955 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $214 to $9,772Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $148 to $1,549
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,175professional $741

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
$213.80
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,819.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 34th of 50

$1,916

$741 physician + $1,175 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.