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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Ohio 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?

$4,203

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,203 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$363 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,862 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $759 to $12,023Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $316 to $2,951
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,311professional $891

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
$758.58
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$10,715.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$4,365.16
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$16,982.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,548.82
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$21,379.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21,379.62
Median
$21,379.62
Typical High
$21,379.62
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 33rd of 50

$4,203

$891 physician + $3,311 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.