CPT 36557
Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
ICN INSRT CATH TUNNLD <5
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Low
$1
Average
$5.7k
Median
$4.3k
High
$37.0k
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX | $2.1k | $4.0k | $2.4k | 61% | 23–77 | $533 – $7.0k |
| 2 | Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA | $4.0k | $3.4k | $2.1k | 62% | 10–100 | $1.1k – $14.6k |
| 3 | Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Atlanta, GA | $6.3k | $6.3k | $1.5k | 24% | 4–40 | $3.7k – $9.5k |
| 4 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $1.5k | $2.0k | $1.0k | 52% | 1–10 | $753 – $4.0k |
| 5 | Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE | $12.8k | $13.2k | $4.4k | 33% | 1–10 | $4.5k – $21.3k |
| 6 | Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. Greenville, NC | $1.2k | $1.2k | $381 | 32% | 1–10 | $467 – $1.9k |
| 7 | Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Inc. Washington, NC | $1.2k | $1.2k | $381 | 32% | 1–10 | $467 – $1.9k |
| 8 | University of Virginia Haymarket Medical Center Haymarket, VA | $4.4k | $4.2k | $802 | 19% | — | $2.7k – $5.2k |
| 9 | USA Health University Hospital Mobile, AL | $5.1k | $5.0k | $1.3k | 27% | — | $1.4k – $7.1k |
| 10 | Fairview Health Services Edina, MN | $10.4k | $10.0k | $1.9k | 19% | — | $3.5k – $12.4k |
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