$508.81
36010 represents placement in a central vein. Choose 36011 when the catheter is advanced selectively into a first-order venous branch.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
36011 Venous catheterization Medicare reimbursement rates in Wyoming
Reports selective placement of a catheter into a first-order venous branch, such as a renal vein, for a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. Compare 36011 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Wyoming.
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 36011 in Wyoming?
Wyoming has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$777.23
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Wyoming**
One mapped payment locality.
Facility setting
$131.92
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Wyoming**
One mapped payment locality.
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.
Vascular procedures
About 36011: Selective first-order venous catheter placement
Reports selective placement of a catheter into a first-order venous branch, such as a renal vein, for a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure.
This code describes advancing a catheter from a larger vein into its first-order branch. For example, a catheter advanced from the inferior vena cava into a renal vein is selectively positioned in a branch; the approach route does not determine the branch order. Interventional radiologists, vascular specialists, and other physicians may perform this work in an angiography suite or another procedural setting for venography, venous sampling, or a catheter-based treatment.
Choose the code based on the catheter’s final selective position in the venous tree: a first-order branch supports 36011, while further selection into a second-order or more distal branch points to 36012. Documentation should identify the accessed venous pathway and catheter tip location. CMS applies the standard multiple-procedure reduction when multiple procedures are performed in one session: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the others at 50%. For a bilateral procedure reported with modifier 50, CMS pays at 150%.
CMS billing rules for 36011
- 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 RVU3.06 · 13%
- Practice expense (office) RVU19.81 · 85%
- Malpractice RVU0.54 · 2%
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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.
36011 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Wyoming, from the same CMS release.
$802.92
36012 applies when selective placement reaches a second-order or more distal venous branch; 36011 is for the first-order branch.
$771.76
36013 is for selective catheter placement in a pulmonary artery, not the venous system described by 36011.
36000
No office ratePlace needle in vein
36000 describes introducing a needle or intracatheter into a vein, rather than selective catheter advancement into a first-order branch.
Compare 36011 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.
1 of 1 payment localities
Wyoming** →
Office / nonfacility
$777.23
Facility
$131.92
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How this local rate is calculated
Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 36011 in Wyoming**.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
4,434
- Code
- 36011
- Physician work
- 3.06
- Practice expense
- 19.81
- Malpractice
- 0.54
GPCI2026.csv
112
- Locality
- Wyoming**
- Physician work
- 1.000
- Practice expense
- 1.000
- Malpractice
- 0.740
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 3.06 | × 1.000 | 3.0600 |
| Practice expense | 19.81 | × 1.000 | 19.8100 |
| Malpractice | 0.54 | × 0.740 | 0.3996 |
| Total RVUs | 23.2696 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Office / nonfacility rate, Wyoming**$777.23
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Office / nonfacility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 3.06 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 19.81 | 1 |
| Malpractice | 0.54 | 0.74 |
(3.06 × 1 + 19.81 × 1 + 0.54 × 0.74) × $33.4009 = $777.23
Facility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 3.06 | 1 |
| Practice expense | 0.49 | 1 |
| Malpractice | 0.54 | 0.74 |
(3.06 × 1 + 0.49 × 1 + 0.54 × 0.74) × $33.4009 = $131.92
The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.
36011 billing questions
How does 36011 differ from 36010?
36011 describes selective catheter placement in a first-order venous branch. Use 36010 when the catheter is placed in a central vein without the selective branch placement represented by 36011.
When should 36012 be used instead?
Use 36012 when the catheter is selectively advanced into a second-order or more distal venous branch. The documented catheter position, not the access site, determines the selection level.
Does 36011 include venography or image interpretation?
The code represents selective catheter placement. A venographic study or its interpretation is a distinct service; report it only when performed, documented, and separately reportable for the applicable code combination.
How is bilateral placement reported?
When the procedure is bilateral and modifier 50 is reported, CMS pays 36011 at 150% under the stated bilateral rule.
What happens when several procedures are performed in the same session?
Under the standard multiple-procedure reduction, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and the other procedures are paid at 50%.
What documentation supports 36011?
Document the venous route and the catheter tip’s final position, making clear that it entered a first-order branch. For example, identify the branch entered from the parent vein rather than documenting only the access vein.
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.
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11011402,WV,16,WEST VIRGINIA,1.000,0.869,1.431
11106302,WI,00,WISCONSIN,1.000,0.958,0.308
11203602,WY,21,WYOMING**,1.000,1.000,0.740
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115*Work GPCI reflects a 1.5 floor in Alaska established by the MIPPA.,,,,,,