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Removal of Tissue Sleeve Around a Central Line

West 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?

$2,223

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,223 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $525 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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$525$263 to $813
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,413 to $2,884

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $282 to $5,012Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,349
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $525

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$616.60
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,912.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where West 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

West Virginia· 35th of 51

$2,223

$525 physician + $1,698 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.