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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 July 2026.

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

$3,576

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,576 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$692$251 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,259 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,786Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $692

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,288.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Wisconsin than in North Dakota. 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· 27th of 50

$3,576

$692 physician + $2,884 facility

WI $8,498ND $1,521

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.