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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Pennsylvania 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?

$1,780

Typical total for the visit. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,780 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,230 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$214 to $724
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,230$575 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $437 to $6,457Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $186 to $912
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,230professional $550

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
$588.84
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$75.86
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$56,234.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,023.29
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,000.00
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$954.99
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$11,748.98
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,511.38
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$758.58
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$371.54
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$151.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$562.34
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$112.20
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$75.86
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,949.84
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 40th of 51

$1,780

$550 physician + $1,230 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.