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Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five

Connecticut 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?

$513

Typical negotiated rate. In Connecticut, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $398 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 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 5 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$398$148 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$3,388 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $2,138 to $9,333Professionalmedian $398 · 10th to 90th $98 to $1,000
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $398

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
$2,754.23
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,000.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$954.99
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 16th of 51

$513

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.