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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Alabama 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?

$1,674

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,674 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,072 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$331 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,072$1,072 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,715Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $204 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,072professional $603

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
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$758.58
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$100.00

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 44th of 51

$1,674

$603 physician + $1,072 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.