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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Oklahoma 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?

$5,632

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,632 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$955$407 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$1,445 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $10,233Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $347 to $1,862
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $955

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
$794.33
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$12,589.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 17th of 50

$5,632

$955 physician + $4,677 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.