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Insertion of non-tunneled central venous tube for infusion (5 years or older)
Tehachapi, CA
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Adventist Health Medical Center Tehachapi’s median price of $137 is 95% below the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 3% 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: 7 payers, 21 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 | $69.61 | $69.61 | $65.00 – $74.21 |
| 2 | Kaiser kaiser medi-cal ip/op only fee schedule · outpatient | $74.21 | $74.21 | $74.21 – $74.21 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $76.79 | $76.79 | $76.79 – $76.79 |
| 4 | Oscar oscar health plan- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $88.31 | $88.31 | $88.31 – $88.31 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $112.06 | $112.06 | $112.06 – $112.06 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp fee schedule · outpatient | $112.06 | $112.06 | $112.06 – $112.06 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $114.69 | $114.69 | $114.69 – $114.69 |
| 8 | Cigna cigna- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $137.44 | $137.44 | $137.44 – $137.44 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield fee schedule · outpatient | $190.52 | $190.52 | $76.79 – $304.25 |
| 10 | Kaiser kaiser medicare ip/op only fee schedule · outpatient | $304.25 | $304.25 | $304.25 – $304.25 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn- all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $313.44 | $313.44 | $313.44 – $313.44 |
| 12 | Aetna aetna-all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $352.72 | $352.72 | $352.72 – $352.72 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $370.50 | $370.50 | $370.50 – $370.50 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $382.77 | $382.77 | $382.77 – $382.77 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange case rate · outpatient | $384.73 | $384.73 | $384.73 – $384.73 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn fee schedule · outpatient | $404.50 | $404.50 | $404.50 – $404.50 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs- all other plans case rate · outpatient | $427.48 | $427.48 | $427.48 – $427.48 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $506.37 | $506.37 | $506.37 – $506.37 |
| 19 | Kaiser kaiser ip/op only- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $523.31 | $523.31 | $523.31 – $523.31 |
| 20 | Cigna cigna- all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $578.72 | $578.72 | $578.72 – $578.72 |
| 21 | Oscar oscar health plan- all plans other · outpatient | $5,161 | $5,161 | $5,161 – $5,161 |
Last updated: May 21, 2026
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