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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HC INSERT NON-TUNNELED CV CATH +5 YRS
San Antonio, TX
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Bexar County Hospital District’s median price of $2.6k is 9% below the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 44% 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: 11 payers, 29 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 | First Health commercial case rate · outpatient | $369.00 | $369.00 | $369.00 – $369.00 |
| 2 | First Health managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $1,118 | $1,118 | $1,118 – $1,118 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $1,118 | $1,118 | $1,118 – $1,118 |
| 4 | Superior Healthplan managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $1,152 | $1,152 | $1,152 – $1,152 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $1,174 | $1,174 | $1,118 – $1,230 |
| 6 | Molina managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $1,185 | $1,185 | $1,185 – $1,185 |
| 7 | Aetna Better Health managed medicaid and chip fee schedule · outpatient | $1,342 | $1,342 | $1,342 – $1,342 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $1,513 | $1,513 | $1,513 – $1,513 |
| 9 | Aetna exchange case rate · outpatient | $1,527 | $1,527 | $1,527 – $1,527 |
| 10 | Aetna commercial case rate · outpatient | $1,607 | $1,607 | $1,607 – $1,607 |
| 11 | First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,938 | $1,938 | $1,938 – $1,938 |
| 12 | First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,938 | $1,938 | $1,938 – $1,938 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo case rate · outpatient | $1,957 | $1,957 | $1,957 – $1,957 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo case rate · outpatient | $2,055 | $2,055 | $2,055 – $2,055 |
| 15 | MultiPlan primary network percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,210 | $2,210 | $2,210 – $2,210 |
| 16 | MultiPlan primary network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,210 | $2,210 | $2,210 – $2,210 |
| 17 | MultiPlan complementary network percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,380 | $2,380 | $2,380 – $2,380 |
| 18 | MultiPlan complementary network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,380 | $2,380 | $2,380 – $2,380 |
| 19 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $2,955 | $2,955 | $2,955 – $2,955 |
| 20 | First Health medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $2,955 | $2,955 | $2,955 – $2,955 |
| 21 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $2,955 | $2,955 | $2,955 – $2,955 |
| 22 | MultiPlan medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $2,955 | $2,955 | $2,955 – $2,955 |
| 23 | Superior Healthplan medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $2,955 | $2,955 | $2,955 – $2,955 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $2,955 | $2,955 | $2,955 – $2,955 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $3,015 | $3,015 | $3,015 – $3,015 |
Last updated: Oct 14, 2025
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