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Repositioning a Central Venous Line

Washington 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?

$302

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $158 to $4,786.

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 $302 · 10th to 90th $120 to $7,943
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $302

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
$120.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$13,489.63
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,709.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$3,467.37
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$251.19
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 42nd of 50

$302

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.