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Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five

Massachusetts 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $372 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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 8 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$372$112 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$112 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $89 to $3,715Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $89 to $977
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $1,318professional $372

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
$309.03
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$812.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,071.52
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$954.99
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,096.48

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 18.6 times more in California than in Maine. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $372 · 43rd of 51
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.