CPT code 36012: Venous catheterization, second-order or deeper branch2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in South Dakota

In South Dakota, Medicare pays $794.55 for 36012 in the office and $139.89 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 36012 covers

This code represents advancing a catheter from a larger vein into a more selective branch at least one level beyond a first-order branch. It may be performed by an interventional radiologist, vascular surgeon, or another physician during venous sampling, venography, or a catheter-based treatment. Adrenal vein sampling is a representative clinical situation: the operator steers the catheter into the adrenal venous branch to obtain a targeted sample.

Choose the code based on the most selective branch reached, not simply the access vein or the length of catheter advancement. The procedure report should identify the target vein and document the catheter position. This code describes catheter placement; report related imaging, sampling, or treatment services only when separately supported and permitted by applicable coding rules. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, CMS pays the highest-valued procedure in full and other procedures at 50%. For a bilateral procedure reported with modifier 50, CMS pays this code at 150%.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How South Dakota compares for 36012

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 36012 runs from $703.31 in Arkansas to $1,108.88 in San Benito County, CA. South Dakota pays $794.55. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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36012 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 36012 rate is calculated

Each of 36012’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 36012

The CMS indicators that decide how 36012 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 50

Codes related to 36012

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 36012 has changed in South Dakota

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Where the South Dakota rate applies

South Dakota is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 485 cities and communities in South Dakota. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Aberdeen
• Agar
• Agency Village
• Akaska
• Albee
• Alcester
• Alexandria
• Allen

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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