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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Kansas 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?

$2,879

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,879 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$741$316 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,622 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $589 to $5,754Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $234 to $1,318
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $741

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
$1,778.28
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,000.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$114.82
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$95.50

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 19th of 51

$2,879

$741 physician + $2,138 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.