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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Pennsylvania 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?

$4,543

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,543 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$912$372 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,622 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $891 to $8,318Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,698
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $912

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
$741.31
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,698.24
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,819.70
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,187.76
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,041.74
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,090.30
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Pennsylvania 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

Pennsylvania· 30th of 50

$4,543

$912 physician + $3,631 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.