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Selective Vein Catheter Placement, First Branch

West 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?

$1,307

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,307 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $794 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$513$170 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$794$162 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $794 · 10th to 90th $162 to $3,715Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,096
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $794professional $513

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
$162.18
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$204.17
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where West 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

West Virginia· 49th of 50

$1,307

$513 physician + $794 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.