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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Montana 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?

$2,978

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,978 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,660 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$1,318$550 to $1,778
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,660$550 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $550 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,570
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $1,660professional $1,318

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,778.28
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,905.46
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Montana 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

Montana· 44th of 50

$2,978

$1,318 physician + $1,660 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.