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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

South Carolina 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?

$6,475

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,475 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$398 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$1,585 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $437 to $21,878Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $316 to $1,820
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $851

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
$436.52
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,344.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,344.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$19,498.45
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,737.80

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 12th of 50

$6,475

$851 physician + $5,623 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.