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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 July 2026.

How much does Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line cost?

$3,049

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,049 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$537$224 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$251 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $200 to $5,495Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,549
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,512professional $537

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
$416.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$831.76
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,698.24
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$5,248.07
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,202.26
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$8,709.64
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Massachusetts 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 feeMassachusetts $3,049 · 36th 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.