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Catheter Into A Deeper Vein Branch

Rhode Island 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?

$1,937

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,937 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$229 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$158 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $117 to $6,310Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $525

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
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$380.19
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
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$112.20

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 17th of 51

$1,937

$525 physician + $1,413 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.