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Catheter Into A Deeper Vein Branch

Arizona rates for HCPCS 36012

Threads a thin tube through a vein and steers it out along the branching vessels to a chosen branch, whether that is the second branch off the main vessel or one deeper still, such as a vein draining an adrenal gland. It is done to inject dye for imaging or to collect blood samples from one specific vein. Only the catheter work is covered; imaging or treatment delivered through the catheter is charged separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Catheter Into A Deeper Vein Branch cost?

$1,240

Typical total for the visit. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,240 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $389 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$851$191 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$389$209 to $1,230

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $389 · 10th to 90th $107 to $2,692Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $174 to $3,090
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $389professional $851

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,071.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,230.27
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$87.10

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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

Arizona· 33rd of 51

$1,240

$851 physician + $389 facility

VT $7,161MD $610

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.