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Long-Term IV Line To A Central Vein, Young Child

Alabama rates for HCPCS 36568

A long, thin tube is threaded into a vein in a limb and advanced until its tip sits in a large vein near the heart, giving dependable access for weeks of treatment in a child under five. In a small child the vein used may be in the arm or in the leg, whichever gives the best route, and the line is placed without imaging guidance. Nothing is buried under the skin; the tube stays visible where it enters the limb.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Long-Term IV Line To A Central Vein, Young Child cost?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$170$102 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$933 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,399Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $91 to $347
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,585professional $170

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,511.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$398.11

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 36.3 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 36th of 51

$209

CA $3,890DE $107

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.