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Repositioning a Central Venous Line

Virginia 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?

$1,950

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $145 to $5,248.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $74 to $9,333Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $110 to $234
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $162

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$14,454.40

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 27th of 50

$1,950

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.