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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

New York 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?

$6,295

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,295 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,248 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,047$479 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,248$2,291 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $646 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $372 to $2,512
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,248professional $1,047

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
$426.58
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,238.72
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,489.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,818.38
CDPHP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$6,165.95
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,202.26
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
MVP Health Care
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$50,118.72
Typical High
$75,857.76
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,148.15
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,290.87

Where New York 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 York· 15th of 50

$6,295

$1,047 physician + $5,248 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.