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Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five

North Dakota 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?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $447 from a physician practice, and about $447 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$447$166 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$91.20 to $617

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $91 to $759Professionalmedian $447 · 10th to 90th $129 to $891
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $447professional $447

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
$91.20
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$446.68
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$851.14
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$44.67

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 24th of 51

$447

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.