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Repositioning a Central Venous Line

Pennsylvania 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?

$2,344

Typical facility fee. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,344 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,047 to $4,266.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $204 to $7,586
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,344

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
$204.17
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,762.47
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$57,543.99
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$15,848.93
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$7,244.36
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,011.87

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 22nd of 50

$2,344

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.