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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

New Mexico 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?

$3,121

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,121 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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$1,259$372 to $1,698
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$933 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $490 to $15,849Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $316 to $2,042
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,862professional $1,259

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
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,011.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,819.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,548.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 40th of 50

$3,121

$1,259 physician + $1,862 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.