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Contrast Dye Check Of An Existing Central Line

Colorado 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 October 2026.

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

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $3,467 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$120$57.54 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,467$2,291 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $851 to $9,120Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $43 to $251
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $120

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$239.88
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$199.53
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$234.42
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$257.04
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$234.42
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$263.03

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Wisconsin than in Nebraska. 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.

Colorado· 12th of 51

$138

WI $224NE $66.07

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.