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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Alaska rates for HCPCS 36557

Placement of a long-term intravenous catheter that is tunneled under the skin before entering a large central vein, allowing repeated access for medications, fluids, or blood draws over an extended period. This version is for a child younger than five years old and does not include an implanted port.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5 cost?

$3,476

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,476 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,738 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$1,738$1,023 to $4,169
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,738$933 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $398 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $398 to $5,888
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,738professional $1,738

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. 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
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,905.46
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$6,918.31
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,025.60
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,888.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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

Alaska· 36th of 50

$3,476

$1,738 physician + $1,738 facility

IN $13,677WV $1,924

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.