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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

South 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?

$8,444

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,444 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $501 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 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$501$251 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$871 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $288 to $20,417Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $178 to $955
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $7,943professional $501

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
$251.19
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,380.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 10.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

South Carolina· 3rd of 50

$8,444

$501 physician + $7,943 facility

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.