$771.22–$845.56
Both codes are for tunneled central catheters without a port or pump; 36557 is for children younger than five, while 36558 is for patients age five or older.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
36557 Tunneled catheter Medicare reimbursement rates in Florida
Report this code for tunneled central venous catheter placement in a child younger than five when the catheter has no subcutaneous port or pump. Compare 36557 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Florida.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 36557 in Florida?
Florida has 3 payment localities in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the 3 payment areas shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$1237.08–$1371.06
3 of 3 localities have a supported rate.
Facility setting
$325.12–$378.01
3 of 3 localities have a supported rate.
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Where 36557 pays more and less in Florida
3 payment localities
$1237.08 to $1371.06
Central venous access
About 36557: Tunneled central venous catheter placement under age five
Report this code for tunneled central venous catheter placement in a child younger than five when the catheter has no subcutaneous port or pump.
This service places a central venous catheter through a subcutaneous tunnel, with the catheter exiting the skin and no implanted port or pump. It is commonly used for young children needing durable access for treatments such as chemotherapy, parenteral nutrition, or prolonged intravenous therapy. Surgeons and other qualified proceduralists may perform the placement in a hospital or surgical setting.
Select the code based on the patient’s age on the date of the procedure and whether the device is tunneled and lacks a port or pump. Documentation should identify the patient’s age, catheter type, tunneled route, and placement details. CMS assigns a 10-day global period, so related postoperative visits during that period are included. When multiple procedures occur in the same session, the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and other procedures at 50%. Modifier 50 applies to a bilateral procedure, paid at 150%. Assistant-at-surgery payment requires documented medical necessity; co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted.
CMS billing rules for 36557
- Global period
- Minor procedure with a 10-day global period: related postoperative visits for 10 days are included.
- Multiple procedures
- Standard multiple procedure reduction: the highest-valued procedure is paid in full and others at 50% when performed in the same session.
- Bilateral procedures
- Bilateral procedure with modifier 50 is paid at 150%.
- Assistant at surgery
- Assistant at surgery is paid only with documentation of medical necessity.
- Co-surgeons
- Co-surgeons not permitted.
- Team surgery
- Team surgery not permitted.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU4.77 · 13%
- Practice expense (office) RVU31.74 · 84%
- Malpractice RVU1.28 · 3%
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This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.
36557 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Florida, from the same CMS release.
$1,321.62–$1,468.43
Use 36560 for a tunneled central access device with a subcutaneous port in a patient younger than five. Code 36557 is for a catheter without a port or pump.
$209.73–$227.56
Both are for patients younger than five, but 36555 describes a non-tunneled catheter; 36557 describes a tunneled catheter without a port or pump.
$234.07–$256.65
Code 36556 is for non-tunneled central catheter placement in patients age five or older. Code 36557 is for tunneled placement in patients younger than five.
Compare 36557 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
3 of 3 payment localities
Fort Lauderdale →
Office / nonfacility
$1310.55
Facility
$344.22
Miami →
Office / nonfacility
$1371.06
Facility
$378.01
Rest Of Florida →
Office / nonfacility
$1237.08
Facility
$325.12
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36557 billing questions
How does this code differ from 36558?
Both describe tunneled central venous catheter placement without a port or pump. Use 36557 for a patient younger than five and 36558 for a patient age five or older.
Can this code be used for an implanted port?
No. It describes a tunneled catheter without a subcutaneous port or pump; code selection changes when the implanted device includes a port.
What documentation supports reporting 36557?
Document the patient’s age on the procedure date, the tunneled catheter placement, and that the device has no subcutaneous port or pump.
Are related postoperative visits separately paid during the global period?
Related postoperative visits during the 10-day global period are included in the procedure payment.
When is an assistant at surgery payable?
CMS allows assistant-at-surgery payment only when the record documents medical necessity. Co-surgeons and team surgery are not permitted for this code.
How are other procedures in the same session paid?
The highest-valued procedure is paid in full, and other procedures in that session are paid at 50%. For a bilateral procedure reported with modifier 50, CMS pays at 150%.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
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