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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Connecticut 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?

$6,985

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,985 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$1,096$513 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$4,677 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $3,890 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888professional $1,096

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
$3,090.30
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$16,595.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,570.40
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 11th of 50

$6,985

$1,096 physician + $5,888 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.