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Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five

North Carolina 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?

$479

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $417 from a physician practice, and about $562 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$417$162 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$562$398 to $851

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $562 · 10th to 90th $309 to $2,344Professionalmedian $417 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,047
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $562professional $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
$79.43
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$1,698.24
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$794.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$2,818.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$851.14
6 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
$39.81
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$43.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$549.54

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 14th of 51

$479

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.