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Central Line Placement, Tunneled, Age 5+

Alaska rates for HCPCS 36558

Placement of a long-term intravenous catheter that is tunneled under the skin before entering a large central vein, used for extended treatments like chemotherapy, long-term antibiotics, or nutrition support. This applies to patients age 5 and older and does not include a catheter with a fully implanted port.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Central Line Placement, Tunneled, Age 5+ cost?

$5,388

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,388 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$661 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$955 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $316 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $309 to $4,266
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $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
$2,238.72
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,348.96
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,011.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,265.80
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,265.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Wisconsin 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

Alaska· 14th of 51

$5,388

$1,122 physician + $4,266 facility

WI $8,734WV $1,319

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.