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Central Line Placement, Tunneled, Age 5+

Kansas 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?

$4,226

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,226 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$759$331 to $1,047
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,905 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $7,413Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,413
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,412.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,318.26

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 25th of 51

$4,226

$759 physician + $3,467 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.