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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

Maryland 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?

$2,499

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,499 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $457 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$457$195 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,318 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $537 to $3,715Professionalmedian $457 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $457

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
$199.53
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,230.27
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,412.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,737.80
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$295.12
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 40th of 51

$2,499

$457 physician + $2,042 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.