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)
Bragg, CA
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Adventist Health Mendocino Coast’s median price of $482 is 83% below the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 12% 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: 5 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 | $74.17 | $74.09 – $74.21 |
| 2 | Cigna cigna - all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $76.11 | $76.11 | $76.11 – $76.11 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $76.11 | $76.11 | $76.11 – $76.11 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $114.10 | $114.10 | $114.10 – $114.10 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp fee schedule · outpatient | $114.10 | $114.10 | $114.10 – $114.10 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield fee schedule · outpatient | $177.52 | $177.52 | $76.11 – $278.92 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $243.32 | $243.32 | $243.32 – $243.32 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn fee schedule · outpatient | $382.77 | $382.77 | $382.77 – $382.77 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $404.50 | $404.50 | $404.50 – $404.50 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,340 | $1,340 | $280.10 – $2,399 |
| 11 | MultiPlan multiplan - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $518.70 | $1,747 | $279.00 – $4,443 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange case rate · outpatient | $2,256 | $2,256 | $604.58 – $3,908 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - all other plans case rate · outpatient | $2,507 | $2,507 | $671.72 – $4,342 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,722 | $2,722 | $569.09 – $4,875 |
| 15 | Cigna cigna - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,764 | $2,764 | $577.98 – $4,951 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,110 | $3,110 | $3,110 – $3,110 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,421 | $3,421 | $3,421 – $3,421 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,880 | $4,880 | $4,880 – $4,880 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $5,137 | $5,137 | $5,137 – $5,137 |
Last updated: Aug 2, 2026
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