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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

Oregon 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?

$2,034

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,034 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $589 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$589$309 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$1,202 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $871 to $6,026Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $219 to $2,042
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $589

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
$302.00
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$2,137.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$12,882.50
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
12 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
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$831.76
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$602.56
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$239.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$891.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$177.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$120.23
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$831.76

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 48th of 51

$2,034

$589 physician + $1,445 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.