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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

Tennessee 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?

$1,494

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,494 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$603$204 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$457 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $162 to $2,818Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,820
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $891professional $603

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
$331.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,584.89
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 46th of 50

$1,494

$603 physician + $891 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.