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Central Line Placement, Tunneled, Age 5+

Iowa 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?

$3,627

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,627 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $676 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$676$363 to $1,288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,549 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $603 to $7,586Professionalmedian $676 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,950
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $676

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
$524.81
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,344.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$8,912.51
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$3,981.07
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 31st of 51

$3,627

$676 physician + $2,951 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.