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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Minnesota 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?

$2,325

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,325 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$776$380 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$661 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $195 to $5,754Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $282 to $1,905
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $776

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
$194.98
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$12,022.64
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,398.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,495.41
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$8,128.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,238.72
10 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 33rd of 51

$2,325

$776 physician + $1,549 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.