go back

Catheter Into A Deeper Vein Branch

Montana 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?

$633

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $633 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $309 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$324$245 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$309$263 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,413Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,413
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $309professional $324

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$1,288.25
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,513.56
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,479.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Montana 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$633

$324 physician + $309 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.