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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

New Jersey 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?

$3,627

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,627 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,090 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$537$204 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,090$1,259 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $724 to $9,333Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $174 to $1,148
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,090professional $537

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
$2,754.23
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,047.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$11,748.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,122.02
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
$100.00
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 12th of 51

$3,627

$537 physician + $3,090 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.