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Catheter Into A Deeper Vein Branch

New Jersey 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?

$2,493

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,493 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$794$191 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$776 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $263 to $8,318Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,585
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $794

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
$190.55
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$10,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,513.56
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$95.50
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$97.72

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 7th of 51

$2,493

$794 physician + $1,698 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.