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Repositioning a Central Venous Line

Kentucky 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?

$1,778

Typical facility fee. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $145 to $5,012.

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 $1,778 · 10th to 90th $81 to $10,715
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778

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
$81.28
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$11,481.54

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 29th of 50

$1,778

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.