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 5+ Y/O, CENTRAL LINE INSERTION
Monroe, LA
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Brfhh Monroe, Llc’s median price of $2.3k is 20% below the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 38% 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: 10 payers, 12 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 Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 3 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $867.00 | $867.00 | $867.00 – $867.00 |
| 4 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $900.00 | $900.00 | $900.00 – $900.00 |
| 5 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $1,135 | $1,135 | $1,135 – $1,135 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $929.00 | $1,552 | $359.35 – $2,861 |
| 7 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,610 | $1,610 | $359.35 – $2,861 |
| 8 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,998 | $1,998 | $1,135 – $2,861 |
| 9 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,315 | $2,315 | $2,315 – $2,315 |
| 10 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $2,761 | $2,761 | $2,761 – $2,761 |
| 11 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,861 | $2,861 | $2,861 – $2,861 |
| 12 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,861 | $2,861 | $2,861 – $2,861 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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