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
Insertion of non-tunneled centrally inserted central venous catheter; age 5 years or older
Philadelphia, PA
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Albert Einstein Medical Center’s median price of $3.4k is 16% above the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 70% 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: 6 payers, 9 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 | Aetna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $2,372 | $2,372 | $2,372 – $2,372 |
| 2 | Humana medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,209 | $3,209 | $3,209 – $3,209 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,273 | $3,273 | $3,273 – $3,273 |
| 4 | Cigna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,337 | $3,337 | $3,337 – $3,337 |
| 5 | Cigna ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $3,362 | $3,362 | $3,362 – $3,362 |
| 6 | Highmark medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,370 | $3,370 | $3,370 – $3,370 |
| 7 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,402 | $3,402 | $3,402 – $3,402 |
| 8 | WellCare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $3,530 | $3,530 | $3,530 – $3,530 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $4,789 | $4,789 | $4,789 – $4,789 |
Last updated: Dec 23, 2025
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