$721.08–$818.44
36010 stops at catheter placement in the SVC or IVC. 36011 applies when the catheter is selectively placed in a first-order venous branch.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
36010 Venous catheter Medicare reimbursement rates in Texas
Reports advancing a catheter into the superior or inferior vena cava for central venous evaluation or catheter-based work, without selective branch placement. Compare 36010 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Texas.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 36010 in Texas?
Texas has 8 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 8 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$472.92–$535.75
8 of 8 localities have a supported rate.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Where 36010 pays more and less in Texas
8 payment localities
$472.92 to $535.75
Vascular catheterization
About 36010: Central vena cava catheter placement
Reports advancing a catheter into the superior or inferior vena cava for central venous evaluation or catheter-based work, without selective branch placement.
CPT 36010 represents advancing a catheter into the superior vena cava (SVC) or inferior vena cava (IVC). It is used for central venous catheter positioning, such as during caval venography or catheter-based evaluation of suspected central venous obstruction. Interventional radiologists and other physicians performing vascular catheter procedures commonly provide this service in a fluoroscopy suite or procedural setting. The defining point is placement in the cava itself, rather than selective catheterization of a named venous branch.
Report the code when the catheter reaches the SVC or IVC and documentation supports that placement; distinguish it from peripheral venous needle access and from selective branch catheterization. For caval venography, the imaging service is distinct from catheter placement and may be represented by the applicable supervision-and-interpretation code when supported. CMS applies the standard multiple-procedure reduction when multiple procedures are performed in the same session: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures at 50%. When the service is appropriately reported bilaterally with modifier 50, CMS pays 150%.
CMS billing rules for 36010
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU2.13 · 14%
- Practice expense (office) RVU12.80 · 83%
- Malpractice RVU0.41 · 3%
9.9K
Medicare services in 2024 · #1469 by national volume
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.
36010 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Texas, from the same CMS release.
$746.23–$845.22
Use 36012 for selective catheter placement in a second-order or more distal venous branch; 36010 describes placement in the cava.
36000
No office ratePlace needle in vein
36000 reports placement of a needle in a vein for access. 36010 reports advancement of a catheter into the SVC or IVC.
$225.39–$256.02
36005 describes an injection procedure for extremity venography. 36010 describes catheter placement in a central vein.
Compare 36010 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
8 of 8 payment localities
| Payment locality | Office | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Austin | Office $535.75 | Facility $94.37 |
| Beaumont | Office $472.92 | Facility $93.29 |
| Brazoria | Office $506.08 | Facility $92.66 |
| Dallas | Office $509.36 | Facility $93.85 |
| Fort Worth | Office $505.26 | Facility $93.92 |
| Galveston | Office $507.59 | Facility $93.33 |
| Houston | Office $515.10 | Facility $100.84 |
| Rest Of Texas | Office $489.24 | Facility $93.34 |
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36010 billing questions
When should 36010 be chosen instead of 36011?
Use 36010 for catheter placement in the SVC or IVC itself. Use 36011 when the catheter is selectively advanced into a first-order venous branch.
How does 36010 differ from 36012?
36010 describes placement in the cava. 36012 is for selective catheter placement in a second-order or more distal venous branch.
Can a venography imaging code be reported with 36010?
For IVC or SVC venography, 75825 or 75827 describes the imaging supervision and interpretation, while 36010 describes catheter placement. Documentation should support each reported service.
How does CMS handle multiple procedures in the same session?
The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures are paid at 50% under the standard multiple-procedure reduction.
When does modifier 50 affect payment for 36010?
When 36010 is appropriately reported as a bilateral procedure with modifier 50, CMS pays 150%. The record must support the bilateral service.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
4,43036000,,Place needle in vein,B,+,0.18,0.74,,0.04,,0.02,0.94,0.24,9,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,9,9,9,9,9,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,43136002,,Pseudoaneurysm injection trt,A,,1.91,2.32,,0.54,,0.30,4.53,2.75,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,43236005,,Injection ext venography,A,,0.93,6.23,,0.16,,0.16,7.32,1.25,0,000,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,43336010,,Place catheter in vein,A,,2.13,12.80,,0.31,,0.41,15.34,2.85,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,43436011,,Place catheter in vein,A,,3.06,19.81,,0.49,,0.54,23.41,4.09,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,43536012,,Place catheter in vein,A,,3.42,20.16,,0.56,,0.62,24.20,4.60,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,1,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
4,43636013,,Place catheter in artery,A,,2.46,20.35,,0.50,,0.40,23.21,3.36,0,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,2,0,1,0,0,9,,33.4009,09,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00