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Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five

Iowa 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $589 from a physician practice, and about $871 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$589$204 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$575 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $372 to $3,890Professionalmedian $589 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,318
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $589

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
$588.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$1,230.27
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$891.25
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
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$58.88

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$646

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.