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Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five

New Mexico 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $407 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 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$407$120 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$417 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $117 to $2,754Professionalmedian $407 · 10th to 90th $79 to $661
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $407

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
$117.49
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,137.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$776.25

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 37th of 51

$407

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.