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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 October 2026.

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

$417

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $417 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $407 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$417$151 to $776
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$107 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $79 to $2,570Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $89 to $1,549
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $407professional $417

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
$1,000.00
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$467.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,454.71
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$1,000.00
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$4,168.69
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,148.15
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,454.71
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,348.96
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$478.63
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$338.84
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
$32.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 36th 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.