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Repositioning a Central Venous Line

South 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?

$3,311

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,311 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $178 to $5,623.

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 $3,311 · 10th to 90th $91 to $12,882
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,311

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
$83.18
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$13,803.84

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 10th of 50

$3,311

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.