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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Arkansas 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?

$2,573

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,573 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$794$380 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,072 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $550 to $6,310Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $288 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $794

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Arkansas 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

Arkansas· 47th of 50

$2,573

$794 physician + $1,778 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.