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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 July 2026.

How much does Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line cost?

$4,355

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,355 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$229 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,820 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $8,128Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $724

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
$1,348.96
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,318.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 20th of 50

$4,355

$724 physician + $3,631 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.