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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

Nebraska 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?

$4,099

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,099 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$468$269 to $1,096
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,622 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $372 to $13,490Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,698
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $468

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
$371.54
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,548.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,818.38
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 22nd of 50

$4,099

$468 physician + $3,631 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.