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Central Line Placement, Tunneled, Age 5+

Louisiana 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?

$3,278

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,278 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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$708$355 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$1,000 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $661 to $6,166Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $269 to $1,148
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $708

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
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,148.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,380.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 36th of 51

$3,278

$708 physician + $2,570 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.