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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

North Carolina 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?

$2,995

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,995 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,820 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$468 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,820$1,175 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $437 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $316 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,820professional $1,175

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
$489.78
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,019.95
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,290.87
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,949.84
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 43rd of 50

$2,995

$1,175 physician + $1,820 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.