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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Idaho 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?

$5,589

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$1,122$437 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,259 to $10,000

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $603 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $407 to $3,020
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,467professional $1,122

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,995.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$17,782.79
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,290.87
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$8,511.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11,481.54
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 18th of 50

$5,589

$1,122 physician + $4,467 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.