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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Kentucky 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?

$3,749

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,749 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $513 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$513$204 to $661
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$759 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $240 to $10,715Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,047
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,236professional $513

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
$239.88
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$457.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$912.01
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$269.15
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,248.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 10.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeKentucky $3,749 · 31st of 50
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.