go back

Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

New Jersey 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?

$7,287

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,287 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,310 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$977$363 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,310$4,467 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $1,549 to $11,749Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $309 to $3,090
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $6,310professional $977

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
$1,174.90
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,398.83
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12,022.64
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$27,542.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 8th of 50

$7,287

$977 physician + $6,310 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.