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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Missouri 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?

$2,341

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,341 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $562 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$562$257 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$724 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $427 to $5,888Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $200 to $1,738
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $562

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
$616.60
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$724.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,309.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$93.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$72.44

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 32nd of 51

$2,341

$562 physician + $1,778 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.