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Contrast Dye Check Of An Existing Central Line

Alabama 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $537 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 5 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$102$44.67 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$537$316 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $537 · 10th to 90th $105 to $1,549Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $38 to $204
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0Kfacility $537professional $102

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
$64.57
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$204.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$208.93

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama $120 · 38th 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.