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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Mississippi 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?

$2,526

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,526 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$1,047$407 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$891 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $550 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $324 to $3,236
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,479professional $1,047

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
$323.59
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,819.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,778.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Mississippi 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

Mississippi· 48th of 50

$2,526

$1,047 physician + $1,479 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.