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Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five

Colorado 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 October 2026.

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

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$372$120 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$1,122 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $525 to $8,128Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $95 to $776
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $372

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$676.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,120.11
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$707.95
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$660.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$812.83
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$776.25
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$46.77

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 7.8 times more in Oklahoma than in Nebraska. 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.

Colorado· 6th of 51

$575

OK $1,148NE $148

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.