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Contrast Dye Check Of An Existing Central Line

Alaska rates for HCPCS 36598

This procedure injects contrast dye into an already-placed central venous catheter while taking live X-ray images, to confirm the catheter is positioned correctly and functioning properly. It's used to investigate a suspected problem with the catheter, such as blockage or malposition, rather than to place a new catheter. A written report of the findings is produced.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Contrast Dye Check Of An Existing Central Line cost?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $138 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$91.20 to $324
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$61.66 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $42 to $631Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $42 to $479
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $138professional $141

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
$380.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$363.08
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$467.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$630.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$263.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$371.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in California than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $141 · 11th of 51
CA $186RI $79.43

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.