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Catheter Into A Deeper Vein Branch

Mississippi 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?

$1,135

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,135 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $427 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$708$275 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$427$135 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,479Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,778
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $427professional $708

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
$177.83
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$346.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$181.97
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 37th of 51

$1,135

$708 physician + $427 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.