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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Utah 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?

$4,771

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,771 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$263 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$851 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $282 to $10,233Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $224 to $1,122
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,169professional $603

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
$281.84
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,659.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,230.27
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
$141.25
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$85.11

Where Utah 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

Utah· 5th of 51

$4,771

$603 physician + $4,169 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.