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Central Line Placement, Tunneled, Age 5+

Minnesota 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?

$5,898

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,898 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$550 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,291 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $955 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $363 to $2,951
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,898professional $1,000

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
$275.42
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,168.69
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$22,387.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,388.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,165.95
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,467.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,884.03

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 11th of 51

$5,898

$1,000 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.