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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 October 2026.

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

$2,343

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,343 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 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$759$347 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$794 to $2,344

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $525 to $5,754Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,514
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $759

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
$177.83
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$977.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
7 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
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$851.14

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 31st of 51

$2,343

$759 physician + $1,585 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.