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Central Line Placement, Tunneled, Age 5+

Nebraska 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?

$4,291

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,291 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$661$447 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$2,344 to $7,586

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $525 to $12,589Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $240 to $2,291
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,631professional $661

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
$3,630.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,467.37
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$15,488.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$7,413.10
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
$1,000.00
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,019.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,187.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,995.26

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 23rd of 51

$4,291

$661 physician + $3,631 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.