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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Louisiana 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?

$3,422

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,422 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,399 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$1,023$437 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,399$1,175 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $646 to $7,586Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,399professional $1,023

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
$537.03
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,168.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,715.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,949.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 37th of 50

$3,422

$1,023 physician + $2,399 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.