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Central Line Placement, Tunneled, Age 5+

Virginia 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?

$2,718

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,718 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$331 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$550 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $324 to $8,318Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $295 to $1,820
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $813

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
$363.08
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,995.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,918.31
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$12,022.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,445.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,041.74
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,548.82
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$19,054.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 43rd of 51

$2,718

$813 physician + $1,905 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.