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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

North Dakota 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?

$2,244

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,244 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,122 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$1,122$631 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,122$309 to $1,318

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $309 to $5,129Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $331 to $2,570
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,122professional $1,122

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
$309.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 49th of 50

$2,244

$1,122 physician + $1,122 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.