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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Tennessee 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?

$2,706

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,706 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$617$282 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,122 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $562 to $6,457Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $191 to $5,012
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $617

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
$1,148.15
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,071.52
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,258.93
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
$89.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$102.33

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 21st of 51

$2,706

$617 physician + $2,089 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.