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Contrast Dye Check Of An Existing Central Line

Oklahoma 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $224 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 5 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$107$45.71 to $145
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$224$148 to $1,349

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $107 to $3,388Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $39 to $162
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $224professional $107

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
$147.91
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$173.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$190.55

Where Oklahoma 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.

Oklahoma $141 · 13th 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.