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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Florida 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?

$7,383

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,383 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$355 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$2,042 to $11,749

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $813 to $20,417Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $288 to $1,622
$100$1K$10K$100K$1Mfacility $6,607professional $776

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
$741.31
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,659.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$5,495,408.74
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,620.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,819.70
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Florida 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

Florida· 7th of 50

$7,383

$776 physician + $6,607 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.