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Catheter Into A Deeper Vein Branch

Iowa 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?

$2,074

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,074 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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$977$380 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$490 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $275 to $2,754Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $251 to $2,399
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $977

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
$331.13
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,398.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,691.53
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,187.76
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$128.82

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 14th of 51

$2,074

$977 physician + $1,096 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.