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Removal of Tunneled Central Line with Port

Colorado rates for HCPCS 36590

Surgical removal of a long-term intravenous catheter that includes an implanted port or pump beneath the skin, once it is no longer needed or is malfunctioning. The device and its tubing are taken out through a small incision.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of Tunneled Central Line with Port cost?

$3,593

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,593 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $282 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$282$219 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,042 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $324 to $10,715Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $182 to $813
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $282

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
$281.84
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$13,803.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$446.68
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$478.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,202.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$588.84

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 8.0 times more in California 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

Colorado· 14th of 51

$3,593

$282 physician + $3,311 facility

CA $5,850MT $735

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.