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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 July 2026.

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

$8,217

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,217 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$631$295 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$5,888 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $4,571 to $11,749Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $7,586professional $631

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
$4,365.16
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$691.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$13,803.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,380.38
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 5th of 50

$8,217

$631 physician + $7,586 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.