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Central Line Placement, Tunneled, Age 5+

New Jersey 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?

$6,418

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,418 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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$794$295 to $977
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$3,388 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $851 to $10,715Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $251 to $1,820
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $794

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
$724.44
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$10,471.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,238.72
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$12,302.69
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,698.24
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,513.56
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$14,454.40
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$14,454.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,513.56

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 6th of 51

$6,418

$794 physician + $5,623 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.