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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Louisiana 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?

$3,569

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,569 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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$550$245 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$1,202 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $676 to $6,166Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $209 to $891
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $550

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
$660.69
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,000.00
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 10.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Louisiana· 32nd of 50

$3,569

$550 physician + $3,020 facility

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.