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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Rhode Island 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?

$724

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $724 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $398 to $1,175.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,310 · 10th to 90th $2,754 to $12,882Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $219 to $1,479
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,310professional $724

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in California than in Rhode Island. 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.

Rhode Island· 51st of 51

$724

CA $3,890RI $724

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.