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Contrast Dye Check Of An Existing Central Line

Oregon 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?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $110 from a physician practice, and about $229 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$110$69.18 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$229$191 to $776

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $229 · 10th to 90th $126 to $5,495Professionalmedian $110 · 10th to 90th $49 to $309
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $229professional $110

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
$58.88
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$323.59
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$302.00
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$251.19
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$323.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$316.23
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
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 16th of 51

$135

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.