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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Oregon 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?

$3,211

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,211 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,089 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$1,122$631 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,089$1,349 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $676 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $427 to $3,162
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $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
$794.33
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,090.30
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,090.30
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,691.53
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,019.95
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,818.38
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,019.95
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13,182.57
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$17,378.01
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 39th of 50

$3,211

$1,122 physician + $2,089 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.