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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Nevada 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?

$3,361

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,361 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$1,122$398 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,349 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $363 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $355 to $3,981
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $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
$363.08
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,495.41
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,905.46
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,137.96
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,311.31
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,905.46
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 38th of 50

$3,361

$1,122 physician + $2,239 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.