CPT code 36595: Catheter removal, mechanical, no port or pump2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Vermont

In Vermont, Medicare pays $568.75 for 36595 in the office and $150.46 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

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Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What 36595 covers

This service covers mechanically extracting a tunneled central venous catheter that cannot be removed by ordinary traction. It is commonly performed by an interventional radiologist or another physician experienced in vascular access procedures, often in a hospital or outpatient procedural setting. The code is for a catheter without a subcutaneous port or pump; it is distinct from routine removal of a freely withdrawable line and from removal of an implanted port system.

Select 36595 when the record supports mechanical extraction of the tunneled catheter, including the reason routine removal was not suitable and the technique used. The 0-day global period includes same-day preoperative and postoperative care. When multiple procedures are performed in one session, Medicare pays the highest-valued procedure in full and reduces the others to 50%. Modifier 50 is inappropriate for this device-removal service. Medicare does not pay an assistant at surgery for this code; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Vermont compares for 36595

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for 36595 runs from $510.03 in Arkansas to $785.09 in San Benito County, CA. Vermont pays $568.75. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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36595 rates by state

Office rate range in each state. Select a state to see its payment localities.

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How the 36595 rate is calculated

Each of 36595’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for 36595

The CMS indicators that decide how 36595 is paid alongside other services.

What modifiers do to the payment

When to use modifier 51

Codes related to 36595

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How 36595 has changed in Vermont

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Where the Vermont rate applies

Vermont is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 180 cities and communities in Vermont. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Albany
• Alburgh
• Algiers
• Arlington
• Ascutney
• Bakersfield
• Barnet
• Barre

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

CMS RVU26D · effective Oct 1, 2026 through the day before Jan 1, 2027

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