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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

North Carolina 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?

$1,536

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,536 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $933 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$224 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$933$603 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $933 · 10th to 90th $204 to $10,471Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,479
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $933professional $603

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
$288.40
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$741.31
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,248.07

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 10.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNorth Carolina $1,536 · 46th of 50
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.