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Catheter Into A Deeper Vein Branch

Minnesota 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?

$2,335

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,335 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$955$380 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$427 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $186 to $2,692Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $263 to $2,754
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $955

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
$186.21
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,467.37
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,388.44
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,162.28
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 9th of 51

$2,335

$955 physician + $1,380 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.