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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Arizona 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?

$4,762

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,762 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$372 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,042 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,344
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $1,047

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
$1,698.24
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,495.41
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$9,332.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 26th of 50

$4,762

$1,047 physician + $3,715 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.