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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INSERT NON-TUNNELED CV CATH >5
Hinton, WV
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Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc.’s median price of $835 is 71% below the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 16% 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, 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 | Anthem medicare advantage percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $544.19 | $544.19 | $544.19 – $544.19 |
| 2 | Humana medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $544.19 | $544.19 | $544.19 – $544.19 |
| 3 | Optum veterans affairs plan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $544.19 | $544.19 | $544.19 – $544.19 |
| 4 | WellCare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $544.19 | $544.19 | $544.19 – $544.19 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $592.68 | $592.68 | $592.68 – $592.68 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $835.14 | $835.14 | $835.14 – $835.14 |
| 7 | Highmark commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,031 | $2,031 | $2,031 – $2,031 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,128 | $2,128 | $2,128 – $2,128 |
| 9 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,371 | $2,371 | $2,371 – $2,371 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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