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Central Line Placement, Non-Tunneled, Age 5+

Mississippi 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?

$995

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $995 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $219 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$219$135 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$417 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,162Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $85 to $537
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $776professional $219

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
$199.53
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$933.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS Mississippi
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$346.74
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$537.03
5 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$93.33

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 41st of 51

$995

$219 physician + $776 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.