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Central Line Placement, Tunneled, Age 5+

Florida 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?

$5,514

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,514 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $617 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$617$302 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,291 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $741 to $13,183Professionalmedian $617 · 10th to 90th $234 to $2,138
$100$1K$10Kfacility $4,898professional $617

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
$575.44
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,454.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$478.63
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$11,220.18
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$21,877.62
Typical High
$57,543.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,348.96
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,412.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83

Where Florida 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

Florida· 13th of 51

$5,514

$617 physician + $4,898 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.