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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

Missouri 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?

$3,052

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,052 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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$708$275 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,230 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,310Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,291
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $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
$870.96
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,819.70
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
$95.50
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$660.69

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 27th of 51

$3,052

$708 physician + $2,344 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.