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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Massachusetts 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?

$3,002

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,002 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$501 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$479 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,162
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,905professional $1,096

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
$724.44
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,754.23
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$28,840.32
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,235.94
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,511.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,311.31
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$28,840.32
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$16,218.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$3,548.13

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 42nd of 50

$3,002

$1,096 physician + $1,905 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.