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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Georgia 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?

$5,437

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,437 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$468 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$1,660 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $355 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,365professional $1,072

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
$630.96
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$11,748.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,570.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,949.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 21st of 50

$5,437

$1,072 physician + $4,365 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.