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Contrast Dye Check Of An Existing Central Line

Kansas 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$67.61 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$251 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $166 to $3,631Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $52 to $447
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $263professional $151

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
$251.19
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$4,265.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 5th of 51

$182

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.