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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

Alabama rates for HCPCS 36581

An existing long-term intravenous catheter, one that runs under the skin to a large vein near the heart, is removed and replaced with a new one through the same access site, without a separate medication reservoir or port attached. This is used when a catheter that has been in place for ongoing IV access needs to be swapped out.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line cost?

$3,939

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,939 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$331 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$2,138 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $3,715Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $776

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
$616.60
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$954.99
6 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
$165.96
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$954.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.1 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Alabama· 13th of 51

$3,939

$776 physician + $3,162 facility

CO $7,315MT $1,443

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.