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Replacement Of A Long-Term Central IV Line

Wyoming 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?

$3,951

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,951 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,388 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$562$468 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,388$3,388 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $5,129Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,995
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388professional $562

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
BCBS Wyoming
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Wyoming 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

Wyoming· 12th of 51

$3,951

$562 physician + $3,388 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.