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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Connecticut 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?

$6,279

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,279 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,754 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$525$295 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,754$1,148 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,754 · 10th to 90th $871 to $11,749Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $240 to $1,288
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,754professional $525

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
$4,570.88
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,288.25
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,778.28
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
$138.04
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$95.50

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 3rd of 51

$6,279

$525 physician + $5,754 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.