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Catheter Into A Deeper Vein Branch

Illinois 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?

$1,296

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,296 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$240 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$269 to $1,622

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $162 to $3,236Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,380
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $759professional $537

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
$229.09
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,348.96
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,238.72
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$95.50

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 31st of 51

$1,296

$537 physician + $759 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.