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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 July 2026.

How much does Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line cost?

$3,568

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,568 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$257 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,820 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $871 to $6,918Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $191 to $1,349
$10.0$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,951professional $617

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
$489.78
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,148.15
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$7,762.47
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 10.3 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeTennessee $3,568 · 33rd of 50
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.