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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

Virginia 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?

$1,997

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,997 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$191 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$288 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $182 to $5,888Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,820
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,202professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,737.80
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 31st of 50

$1,997

$794 physician + $1,202 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.