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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Illinois 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?

$2,571

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,571 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,995 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$575$251 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,995$851 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,995 · 10th to 90th $646 to $6,310Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,202
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,995professional $575

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
$229.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$5,011.87
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$741.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$97.72
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$69.18

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 25th of 51

$2,571

$575 physician + $1,995 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.