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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

Vermont 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?

$1,072

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,072 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $389 to $1,148.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $389 to $1,349
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kprofessional $1,072

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,089.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 41st of 51

$1,072

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.