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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 July 2026.

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

$3,163

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,163 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$708$398 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,660 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $676 to $9,333Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,905
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,455professional $708

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
$190.55
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,454.71
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,466.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 34th of 50

$3,163

$708 physician + $2,455 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.