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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 July 2026.

How much does Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five cost?

$447

Typical negotiated rate. In Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $447 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $363 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 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 9 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$363$97.72 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,349 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $479 to $8,318Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $87 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $363

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
$478.63
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$501.19
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$57,543.99
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$691.83
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$630.96
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$741.31
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$8,317.64
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$501.19
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$446.68
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$691.83

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 27th of 51

$447

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.