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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

Virginia 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?

$4,531

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,531 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $550 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$550$209 to $708
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$832 to $8,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $263 to $12,882Professionalmedian $550 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,000
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,981professional $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
$676.08
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,584.89
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$741.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$954.99
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$17,378.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,174.90
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
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$79.43

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 9th of 51

$4,531

$550 physician + $3,981 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.