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Long-Term IV Catheter Placement, Child Under Five

Virginia 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?

$372

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $372 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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$347$93.33 to $468
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$468 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $123 to $10,000Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $79 to $631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $347

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
$4,073.80
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$467.74
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$616.60
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$524.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$2,951.21
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$776.25
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
$48.98
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$251.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$50.12

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 44th of 51

$372

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.