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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

New Jersey 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?

$6,820

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,820 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,026 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$794$214 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,026$4,365 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $832 to $10,471Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $182 to $2,089
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $794

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
$831.76
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,584.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,445.44
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$16,595.87
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 6th of 50

$6,820

$794 physician + $6,026 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.