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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Colorado 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?

$9,423

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,423 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$389 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$4,786 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $18,197Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $912

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
$371.54
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$19,952.62
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,187.76
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,905.46
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,162.28
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,754.23
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$13,489.63
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 5th of 50

$9,423

$912 physician + $8,511 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.