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Repositioning a Central Venous Line

New York 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?

$3,631

Typical facility fee. In New York, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,631 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,698 to $5,888.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $115 to $8,318
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631

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
$85.11
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,120.11
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$4,073.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$3,801.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$199.53
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$4,570.88
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,623.41
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$239.88

Where New York 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.

New York· 9th of 50

$3,631

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.