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Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five

New Hampshire 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?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $6,026 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 5 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$257$145 to $661
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$6,026$4,898 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,026 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $9,772Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $83 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,026professional $257

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
$100.00
Median
$8,912.51
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,128.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$1,096.48
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 18.6 times more in California than in Maine. 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.

New Hampshire· 47th of 51

$309

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.