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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Minnesota 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?

$6,392

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,392 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$1,380$708 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$3,162 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $17,783Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,802
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $1,380

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
$331.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$26,302.68
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,786.30
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$12,022.64
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,981.07

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 13th of 50

$6,392

$1,380 physician + $5,012 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.