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Contrast Dye Check Of An Existing Central Line

New Jersey 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 New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $3,090 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 7 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$100$41.69 to $141
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,090$661 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $126 to $9,333Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $35 to $219
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,090professional $100

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
$125.89
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$72.44
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$223.87
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$223.87

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey $120 · 34th 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.