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Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five

Pennsylvania 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?

$407

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $407 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $550 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$363$97.72 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$550$372 to $1,514

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $550 · 10th to 90th $302 to $3,467Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $87 to $661
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $550professional $363

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
$467.74
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$70.79
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$56,234.13
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$616.60
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$741.31
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,244.36
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$467.74
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$234.42
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$93.33
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$354.81
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$70.79
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$446.68
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$446.68
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$707.95
2 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
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$46.77
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$46.77

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 39th of 51

$407

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.