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Removal Of Long-Term Central Venous Catheter

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 36589

This removes a long-term catheter that was tunneled under the skin into a large vein, typically used for medications, chemotherapy, or long-term IV access. It applies to catheters without an implanted port or pump attached. The catheter is pulled out and the small skin tunnel is closed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Long-Term Central Venous Catheter cost?

$1,808

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,808 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $186 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$186$162 to $240
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$550 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $229 to $9,772Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $135 to $407
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,622professional $186

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
$229.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$416.87
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,454.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$371.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in California than in Delaware. 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

South Carolina· 24th of 50

$1,808

$186 physician + $1,622 facility

CA $4,475DE $382

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.