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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

Iowa 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?

$3,891

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,891 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$389 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,445 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $562 to $8,128Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $240 to $2,188
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,020professional $871

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
$354.81
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,951.21
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,511.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,238.72
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,862.09
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
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$831.76

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 14th of 51

$3,891

$871 physician + $3,020 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.