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Repositioning a Central Venous Line

Iowa rates for HCPCS 36597

Moves a long-term intravenous line that has shifted out of position back to where it should sit, using live X-ray to guide it. The existing catheter is kept: it is not removed, and no new line is placed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repositioning a Central Venous Line cost?

$2,291

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,291 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $245 to $3,890.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $174 to $6,761Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $89 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $224

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
$173.78
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$4,677.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 60.3 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.

Iowa· 23rd of 50

$2,291

IN $6,607WV $110

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.