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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

North Dakota 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?

$1,521

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,521 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $813 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$309 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$813$182 to $891

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $813 · 10th to 90th $182 to $5,129Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,660
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $813professional $708

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
$181.97
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 50th of 50

$1,521

$708 physician + $813 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.