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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 October 2026.

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

$1,995

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,995 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$295 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$631 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $501 to $6,761Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,349professional $646

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
$204.17
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,698.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$102.33
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$74.13

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 37th of 51

$1,995

$646 physician + $1,349 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.