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Tunneled Central Line Placement, Child Under 5

West 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?

$1,924

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,924 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $776 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$776$355 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$331 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,622Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $331 to $1,585
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $776

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
$331.13
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,412.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$1,584.89
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$15,488.17
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where West 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

West Virginia· 50th of 50

$1,924

$776 physician + $1,148 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.