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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Maryland 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?

$550

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $219 to $933.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $955 · 10th to 90th $398 to $3,467Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $955professional $447

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$794.33
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,096.48
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,380.38
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$977.24
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
$109.65
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$79.43

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 5.0 times more in Oklahoma than in Nebraska. 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.

Maryland· 46th of 51

$550

OK $1,660NE $331

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.