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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Missouri 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?

$3,512

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,512 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$1,000$398 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,380 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $724 to $5,623Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,042
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,000

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
$1,096.48
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,041.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 35th of 50

$3,512

$1,000 physician + $2,512 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.