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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

North Dakota 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?

$1,291

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,291 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $646 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$347 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$646$182 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $646 · 10th to 90th $182 to $3,162Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,413
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $646professional $646

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
$181.97
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$3,090.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$64.57

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 49th of 51

$1,291

$646 physician + $646 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.