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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

Illinois 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?

$3,960

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,960 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$724$275 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,622 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $741 to $6,026Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,514
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236professional $724

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
$234.42
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,128.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,995.26
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$954.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
$97.72
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$630.96

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 11th of 51

$3,960

$724 physician + $3,236 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.