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Catheter Into A Deeper Vein Branch

Missouri 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?

$2,255

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,255 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$776$263 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$468 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $138 to $6,166Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $191 to $2,455
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $776

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
$338.84
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$794.33
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
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$100.00

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 10th of 51

$2,255

$776 physician + $1,479 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.