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Clearing A Central Line Blockage Through The Catheter

Texas rates for HCPCS 36596

This procedure clears a blockage that has formed within or around an implanted central venous catheter, often a buildup of clotted material, using a mechanical device introduced through the catheter's own internal channel. It is done when the catheter is no longer flowing properly and a simple flush does not fix it. The goal is to restore normal function of the catheter without having to remove and replace it.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Clearing A Central Line Blockage Through The Catheter cost?

$2,201

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,201 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $112 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$112$51.29 to $148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$891 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $123 to $5,623Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $45 to $200
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,089professional $112

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
$426.58
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$194.98
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$173.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$218.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$3,630.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$36.31
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$204.17
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 32.8 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Texas· 25th of 50

$2,201

$112 physician + $2,089 facility

IN $6,724WV $205

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.