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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Kentucky 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?

$3,067

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,067 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$776$355 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,479 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $851 to $5,129Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $309 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $776

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
$426.58
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$478.63
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,025.60
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 41st of 50

$3,067

$776 physician + $2,291 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.