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Central Line Placement, Tunneled, Age 5+

Alabama 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?

$3,372

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,372 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$355 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,122 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $646 to $4,786Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $257 to $1,380
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $741

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
$467.74
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,691.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,380.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 34th of 51

$3,372

$741 physician + $2,630 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.