go back

Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Utah 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?

$5,064

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,064 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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$1,349$513 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,455 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $479 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $427 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $1,349

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
$478.63
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$3,630.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,818.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,762.47
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$16,218.10
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,344.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Utah 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

Utah· 23rd of 50

$5,064

$1,349 physician + $3,715 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.