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Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five

Rhode Island 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 physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $117 to $525.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $4,074Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $65 to $537
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0Kfacility $2,138professional $302

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$707.95

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 18.6 times more in California than in Maine. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Rhode Island $309 · 48th of 51
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.