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Contrast Dye Check Of An Existing Central Line

Nevada 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?

$112

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $112 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 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$107$42.66 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$1,950 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $200 to $10,715Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $36 to $182
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $107

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
$134.90
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$31.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,589.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$186.21
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$173.78
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.51
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$173.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$177.83
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$199.53

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 36th of 51

$112

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.