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Repositioning a Central Venous Line

Texas 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?

$2,089

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,089 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $912 to $3,715.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $126 to $5,495
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089

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
$436.52
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,570.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$3,630.78
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$251.19
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 25th of 50

$2,089

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.