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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Massachusetts 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?

$1,592

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,592 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$331 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$240 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $174 to $5,248Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $200 to $2,884
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $851professional $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
$1,230.27
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,819.70
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,089.30
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,148.15
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$467.74
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
$61.66
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$63.10

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 45th of 51

$1,592

$741 physician + $851 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.