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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Montana 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?

$1,514

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $977 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$537$200 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$977$316 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $977 · 10th to 90th $302 to $6,457Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $170 to $1,047
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $977professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$912.01
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Montana 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

Montana· 47th of 50

$1,514

$537 physician + $977 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.