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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Nebraska 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?

$7,832

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,832 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$1,072$603 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$3,631 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $2,089 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $282 to $2,951
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,761professional $1,072

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
$2,344.23
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$6,606.93
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,311.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$4,365.16
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,951.21
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,754.23

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 6th of 50

$7,832

$1,072 physician + $6,761 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.