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Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five

South Carolina 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?

$427

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $427 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $389 from a physician practice, and about $692 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$389$123 to $513
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$692$501 to $912

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $692 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,754Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $107 to $676
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $692professional $389

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
$112.20
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$707.95
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$794.33
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
$51.29
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$51.29

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 32nd of 51

$427

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.