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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 July 2026.

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

$3,421

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,421 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$537$229 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,660 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $257 to $11,220Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,023
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $537

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
$257.04
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$11,220.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,000.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 30th of 50

$3,421

$537 physician + $2,884 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.