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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Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older)
Clearlake, CA
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Adventist Health Clearlake Hospital Inc’s median price of $7.5k is 158% above the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 97% of the 2,457 hospitals reporting CPT 36556. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 9 payers, 19 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $74.21 | $74.21 | $74.21 – $74.21 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield mcr adv percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,102 | $2,102 | $2,102 – $2,102 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield- all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,102 | $2,102 | $2,102 – $2,102 |
| 4 | Kaiser kaiser mcr adv percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,102 | $2,102 | $2,102 – $2,102 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross mcr adv percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,186 | $2,186 | $2,186 – $2,186 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,312 | $2,312 | $2,312 – $2,312 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange case rate · outpatient | $4,944 | $4,944 | $4,944 – $4,944 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs case rate · outpatient | $5,584 | $5,584 | $5,584 – $5,584 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn - all other plans case rate · outpatient | $6,396 | $6,396 | $6,396 – $6,396 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn case rate · outpatient | $6,620 | $6,620 | $6,620 – $6,620 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross mcs - all other plans case rate · outpatient | $6,703 | $6,703 | $6,703 – $6,703 |
| 12 | Aetna aetna- all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7,479 | $7,479 | $7,479 – $7,479 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $7,930 | $7,930 | $7,930 – $7,930 |
| 14 | First Health first health- all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $8,007 | $8,007 | $8,007 – $8,007 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $8,348 | $8,348 | $8,348 – $8,348 |
| 16 | Humana humana- all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $8,508 | $8,508 | $8,508 – $8,508 |
| 17 | Phcs phcs- all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $8,508 | $8,508 | $8,508 – $8,508 |
| 18 | Cigna cigna- all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $9,008 | $9,008 | $9,008 – $9,008 |
| 19 | Kaiser kaiser- all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $9,008 | $9,008 | $9,008 – $9,008 |
Last updated: Jul 29, 2026
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