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Central Line Placement, Tunneled, Age 5+

Delaware 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?

$4,832

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,832 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 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$759$309 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$1,514 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $7,244Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $282 to $2,291
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,074professional $759

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,148.15
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$13,803.84
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 20th of 51

$4,832

$759 physician + $4,074 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.