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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 July 2026.

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

$1,982

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,982 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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$537$251 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$1,122 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $4,571Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $182 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $537

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
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$831.76

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 10.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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· 42nd of 50

$1,982

$537 physician + $1,445 facility

IN $10,770WV $1,046

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.