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Contrast Dye Check Of An Existing Central Line

Iowa 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 Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $603 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 8 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$117$45.71 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$603$219 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $603 · 10th to 90th $76 to $6,026Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $39 to $295
$50.0$200.0$1.0K$5.0Kfacility $603professional $117

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
$74.13
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$691.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$331.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$288.40
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$281.84

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa $120 · 33rd 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.