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Central Line Placement, Non-Tunneled, Age 5+

Delaware rates for HCPCS 36556

Placement of a temporary intravenous catheter directly into a large central vein, such as in the neck or chest, without tunneling it under the skin. It's used for patients age 5 and older, typically for shorter-term needs such as IV medications, fluids, or monitoring during a hospital stay.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Central Line Placement, Non-Tunneled, Age 5+ cost?

$710

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $710 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$117 to $269
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$339 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $200 to $3,236Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $98 to $355
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $501professional $209

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$3,235.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$323.59
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$33,113.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$407.38
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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 10.4 times more in Colorado than in North Dakota. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Delaware· 47th of 51

$710

$209 physician + $501 facility

CO $4,594ND $443

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.