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Central Line Placement, Tunneled, Age 5+

Colorado 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?

$6,960

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,960 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$794$295 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,166$3,236 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $14,125Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $275 to $1,318
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $6,166professional $794

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
$933.25
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,548.82
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,949.84
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,737.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$6,960

$794 physician + $6,166 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.