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Catheter Into A Deeper Vein Branch

Kansas 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?

$1,631

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,631 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $631 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$1,000$275 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$631$407 to $661

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,738Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,820
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $631professional $1,000

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
$954.99
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$112.20
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$269.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$134.90

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 23rd of 51

$1,631

$1,000 physician + $631 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.