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Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five

Alaska rates for HCPCS 36572

Places a thin, flexible catheter into a vein, usually in the arm, and threads it through the vessel until its tip sits in a large vein near the heart, in a child younger than five years old. The imaging used to guide the catheter and to confirm where the tip has landed is part of the service. It gives reliable longer-term access for medicines, fluids or nutrition and for blood draws, sparing the child repeated needle sticks.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five cost?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $479 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 6 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$479$302 to $1,230
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$479$257 to $1,950

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $479 · 10th to 90th $98 to $5,888Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $95 to $1,950
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $479professional $479

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
$309.03
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$707.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,949.84
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,238.72
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,949.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$562.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 18.6 times more in California than in Maine. 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.

Alaska· 21st of 51

$479

CA $3,631ME $195

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.