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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Tennessee 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?

$4,358

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,358 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,236 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$1,122$427 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,236$1,820 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $813 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $324 to $2,344
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,236professional $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
$676.08
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,265.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,089.30
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 31st of 50

$4,358

$1,122 physician + $3,236 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.