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Vein Catheter for Organ Blood Sampling

Wisconsin rates for HCPCS 36500

A fine catheter is threaded through a vein and steered into the vein draining a particular organ or gland so that blood can be drawn from that exact spot. Comparing hormone or chemical levels in that sample with levels elsewhere shows whether the organ is the source of an overproduction, and which side is responsible.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vein Catheter for Organ Blood Sampling cost?

$1,791

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,791 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$324 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$437 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $229 to $2,344Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,175professional $617

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
$229.09
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
DeanCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$602.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
Network Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,344.23
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$588.84
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$380.19
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$794.33
Quartz
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$398.11
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Security Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$114.82
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,548.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$208.93

Where Wisconsin sits

The same service costs 11.4 times more in Utah than in Florida. 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

Wisconsin· 9th of 51

$1,791

$617 physician + $1,175 facility

UT $3,214FL $282

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.