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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Iowa 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?

$3,235

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,235 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$398 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,096 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $631 to $7,943Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,905
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $891

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
$602.56
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,698.24
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,467.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,778.28
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,412.54
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
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$457.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$91.20

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 14th of 51

$3,235

$891 physician + $2,344 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.