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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

Kansas 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?

$2,252

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,252 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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$933$331 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$1,259 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $891 to $6,310Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,698
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $933

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
$1,288.25
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$117.49
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$870.96

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 45th of 51

$2,252

$933 physician + $1,318 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.