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Placement of a Long-Term IV Line Through the Arm

Nevada rates for HCPCS 36569

Places a long, thin catheter into a vein in the arm and advances it until the tip sits in a large vein close to the heart. Once in place it allows medicines, fluids, nutrition or repeated blood samples to be given over weeks or months without fresh needle sticks each time. It is done under local anesthetic in a treatment room or at the bedside, and the line is secured to the skin with a dressing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement of a Long-Term IV Line Through the Arm cost?

$1,862

Typical facility fee. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,862 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,349 to $3,890.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $102 to $5,888Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $1 to $275
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $141

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$5,011.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,244.36
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$275.42
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 33.9 times more in California than in Montana. 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.

Nevada· 32nd of 51

$1,862

CA $5,495MT $162

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.