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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Kansas 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?

$5,538

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,538 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$407 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,995 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $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
$1,819.70
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,760.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 20th of 50

$5,538

$1,072 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.