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Blood Draw From An Existing Catheter

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 36592

Collection of a blood sample drawn back through a catheter that is already in place in a vein, rather than by a fresh needle stick. It covers the nursing time and supplies used to withdraw, discard and flush appropriately so the sample is not diluted. It is used for patients who have a long-term line and need frequent testing.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Blood Draw From An Existing Catheter cost?

$50.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $50.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.02 from a physician practice, and about $145 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$38.02$29.51 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$41.69 to $245

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $42 to $646Professionalmedian $38 · 10th to 90th $27 to $50
$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $145professional $38

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
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$36.31
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$50.12
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$51.29

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Tennessee than in Kentucky. 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.

Louisiana· 23rd of 51

$50.12

TN $209KY $29.51

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.