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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

Michigan 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?

$3,338

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,338 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$257 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,413 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $794 to $4,898Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $209 to $1,148
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $708

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
$251.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,288.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,071.52
Priority Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,047.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
12 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
$125.89
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$691.83
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$512.86
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$204.17
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$776.25
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$154.88
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$102.33
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$724.44

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 22nd of 51

$3,338

$708 physician + $2,630 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.