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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

Arizona 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?

$3,798

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,798 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$708$219 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,905 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $977 to $6,761Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $708

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
$1,621.81
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 23rd of 50

$3,798

$708 physician + $3,090 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.