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Contrast Dye Check Of An Existing Central Line

Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, 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 $1,000 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 9 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$51.29 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$51.29 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $40 to $3,548Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $39 to $324
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,000professional $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
$79.43
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$338.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$562.34
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$91.20
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$295.12
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$269.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$302.00
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,258.93
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$309.03

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts $120 · 36th 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.