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Catheter Into A Deeper Vein Branch

South Dakota 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 July 2026.

How much does Catheter Into A Deeper Vein Branch cost?

$3,735

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,735 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$234 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$2,291 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $468 to $4,365Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,778
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,884professional $851

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$6,025.60
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$2,238.72
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 12.5 times more in Delaware 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

South Dakota· 10th of 51

$3,735

$851 physician + $2,884 facility

DE $7,182MD $576

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.