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Repositioning a Central Venous Line

Louisiana 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?

$1,413

Typical facility fee. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $891 to $2,754.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $295 to $3,467
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413

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
$165.96
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,630.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 33rd of 50

$1,413

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.