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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

Louisiana 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?

$3,204

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,204 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$692$245 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,000 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $661 to $5,888Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,122
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $692

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
$645.65
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,288.25
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 32nd of 50

$3,204

$692 physician + $2,512 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.