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Blood Draw From An Existing Catheter

Minnesota 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $135 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$60.26$39.81 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$66.07 to $282

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $35 to $457Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $34 to $98
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $135professional $60

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
$35.48
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$39.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$489.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$42.66
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$125.89
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$117.49

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 8th of 51

$70.79

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.