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Contrast Dye Check Of An Existing Central Line

Nebraska 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?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $490 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$64.57$46.77 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$490$257 to $2,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $490 · 10th to 90th $78 to $7,244Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $34 to $282
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $490professional $65

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
$70.79
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$302.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$870.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$288.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$4,466.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$302.00

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 51st of 51

$66.07

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.