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Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five

Ohio 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?

$389

Typical negotiated rate. In Ohio, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $389 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $355 from a physician practice, and about $708 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$355$102 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$708$417 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $309 to $3,981Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $89 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $708professional $355

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
$257.04
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$3,311.31
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$501.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$575.44
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$575.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
SummaCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$213.80
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$758.58
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
$44.67
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$50.12

Where Ohio 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.

Ohio· 42nd of 51

$389

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.