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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

New Mexico 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?

$6,183

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,183 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$813$219 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,175 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $331 to $13,804Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,380
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,370professional $813

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
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,318.26
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,047.13
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,318.26
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 8th of 50

$6,183

$813 physician + $5,370 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.