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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Alaska rates for HCPCS 36595

Over time a sleeve of fibrous material can build up around the outside of a long-term central line where it sits in the vein, stopping it from drawing or flowing. This procedure clears that sleeve by entering a vein at a separate site and stripping the material away from the outside of the catheter under X-ray guidance.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line cost?

$4,024

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,024 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$676 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,175 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $955 to $10,471Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $251 to $3,090
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $933

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
$1,047.13
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$14,125.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,365.16
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$3,630.78
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,623.41
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,344.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$3,311.31

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.9 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

Alaska· 10th of 51

$4,024

$933 physician + $3,090 facility

CO $7,377MT $1,063

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.