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Repositioning a Central Venous Line

North Carolina 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?

$468

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $132 to $2,291.

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 $468 · 10th to 90th $81 to $5,495
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $468

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
$97.72
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$6,165.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,165.95
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 39th of 50

$468

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.