Simple catheter care

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.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HIT simple cath care

Payers reporting HCPCS S5498

Payer pricing summary

Low

Average

$31

Median

$13

High

$205

Payer rate distribution

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1	Blue Cross Blue Shield facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +6 other terms	30	$43	$168	$397	236%	—	$0 – $1.9k
2	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms	20	$2	$5	$4	97%	—	$2 – $20
3	Cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	14	$7	$7	$3	38%	—	$5 – $15
4	Bcbs Mn fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	12	$212	$272	$386	142%	—	$7 – $1.7k
5	Highmark fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms	10	$13	$13	—	—	—	$13 – $13
6	Medica fee schedule · both · +1 other terms	9	$5	$5	—	—	—	$5 – $5
7	Ucare fee schedule · both · +3 other terms	9	$5	$5	$0	5%	—	$5 – $5
8	Anthem professional · fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	8	$8	$8	—	—	—	$8 – $8
9	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · inpatient · +1 other terms	7	$2	$2	—	—	—	$2 – $2
10	Humana fee schedule · inpatient · +1 other terms	5	$2	$2	—	—	—	$2 – $2
11	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · inpatient · +4 other terms	5	$14	$14	—	—	—	$14 – $14
12	First Health professional · fee schedule · both	3	$2	$2	—	—	—	$2 – $2
13	Kaiser fee schedule · both	2	$55	$55	—	—	—	$55 – $55
14	Molina facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	2	$90	$90	$4	5%	—	$86 – $94
15	Optum facility · fee schedule · outpatient	2	$16	$16	$1	7%	—	$14 – $17
16	Bcbs Id facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +1 other terms	1	$16	$16	—	—	—	$16 – $16
17	Bcbs Il professional · fee schedule · both	1	$7	$7	—	—	—	$7 – $7
18	Bcbs La facility · fee schedule · outpatient	1	$0	$0	—	—	—	$0 – $0
19	Bcbs Nc facility · fee schedule · outpatient	1	$74	$74	—	—	—	$74 – $74
20	Bcbs Nv fee schedule · outpatient	1	$8	$8	—	—	—	$8 – $8
21	Bcbs Vt professional · fee schedule · both · +1 other terms	1	$38	$38	—	—	—	$38 – $38
22	Excellus professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	1	$35	$35	—	—	—	$35 – $35
23	Healthpartners facility · fee schedule · outpatient	1	$15	$15	—	—	—	$15 – $15
24	Wellmark case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms	1	$21	$21	—	—	—	$21 – $21