go back

Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Georgia 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?

$5,187

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,187 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$617$251 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$1,905 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,511Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,318
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,571professional $617

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
$416.87
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$588.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,445.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 20th of 50

$5,187

$617 physician + $4,571 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.