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Contrast Dye Check Of An Existing Central Line

Utah 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $513 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$112$91.20 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$162 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $72 to $6,026Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $51 to $170
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $513professional $112

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
$72.44
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$169.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$316.23
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$239.88
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
$524.81
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$954.99

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 35th of 51

$115

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.