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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Iowa 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?

$5,584

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,584 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$1,318$479 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,818 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $813 to $12,882Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $331 to $3,388
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,318

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
$812.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$14,454.40
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,715.35
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,235.94
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,090.30

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 19th of 50

$5,584

$1,318 physician + $4,266 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.