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PICC Line Placement With Imaging Guidance

Maryland rates for HCPCS 36573

A thin, flexible catheter is threaded through a vein, usually in the arm, until its tip reaches a large vein near the heart, allowing medications, nutrition, or blood draws over an extended period without repeated needle sticks. This version is placed using imaging guidance to confirm correct positioning as the catheter is advanced.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does PICC Line Placement With Imaging Guidance cost?

$380

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $100 to $513.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $589 · 10th to 90th $79 to $2,344Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $83 to $1,585
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $589professional $372

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
$79.43
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,344.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,621.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$691.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$3,235.94
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$691.83
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$630.96

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 17.4 times more in California than in Vermont. 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.

Maryland· 43rd of 51

$380

CA $1,862VT $107

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.