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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Indiana 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?

$13,677

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13,677 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $12,882 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$372 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$12,882$4,898 to $21,878

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12,882 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $25,704Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $12,882professional $794

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
$363.08
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$25,703.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$17,782.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 1st of 50

$13,677

$794 physician + $12,882 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.