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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Illinois 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?

$2,909

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,909 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$1,047$437 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,259 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $603 to $8,318Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,570
$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $1,047

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
$602.56
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,862.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,981.07
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,479.11
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 45th of 50

$2,909

$1,047 physician + $1,862 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.