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Central Line Placement, Tunneled, Age 5+

Michigan 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?

$3,421

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,421 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $537 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,884 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$537$316 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,884$1,738 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,884 · 10th to 90th $372 to $6,918Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,096
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,884professional $537

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
$371.54
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,096.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,479.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 33rd of 51

$3,421

$537 physician + $2,884 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.