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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Virginia 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?

$4,589

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$407 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,096 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $380 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $355 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $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
$562.34
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,819.70
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,918.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,818.38
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$12,022.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$27,542.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 29th of 50

$4,589

$1,122 physician + $3,467 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.