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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

Georgia 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?

$2,554

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,554 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$692$275 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$891 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $550 to $6,310Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $214 to $1,514
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $692

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
$316.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,445.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,949.84
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
$102.33
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$676.08

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 38th of 51

$2,554

$692 physician + $1,862 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.