Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five

Delaware 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?

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $269 from a physician practice, and about $468 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed by	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	A doctor's office, clinic or independent provider	$269	$102 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	A hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department	$468	$372 to $708

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $229 to $2,138Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $93 to $575

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier None Typical Low $95.50 Median $467.74 Typical High $7,244.36	Facility	None	$95.50	$467.74	$7,244.36
Aetna Setting Professional Modifier None Typical Low $93.33 Median $302.00 Typical High $524.81	Professional	None	$93.33	$302.00	$524.81
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier None Typical Low $363.08 Median $562.34 Typical High $2,137.96	Facility	None	$363.08	$562.34	$2,137.96
Cigna Setting Professional Modifier None Typical Low $102.33 Median $169.82 Typical High $575.44	Professional	None	$102.33	$169.82	$575.44
United Setting Facility Modifier None Typical Low $229.09 Median $398.11 Typical High $1,698.24	Facility	None	$229.09	$398.11	$1,698.24
United Setting Professional Modifier None Typical Low $93.33 Median $234.42 Typical High $602.56	Professional	None	$93.33	$234.42	$602.56

Where Delaware 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.

Delaware· 33rd of 51

$417

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.