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
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Merced, CA
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Dignity Health’s median price of $2.5k is 55% below the median hospital's median price ($5.6k), higher than 18% of the 1,774 hospitals reporting CPT 36557. 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, 32 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 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $159 | $159 | — | — | — | $159 – $159 |
| 2 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $159 | $159 | — | — | — | $159 – $159 |
| 3 | Molina medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $159 | $159 | — | — | — | $159 – $159 |
| 4 | Molina medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $159 | $159 | — | — | — | $159 – $159 |
| 5 | Anthem medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $159 | $159 | — | — | — | $159 – $159 |
| 6 | Anthem medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $159 | $159 | — | — | — | $159 – $159 |
| 7 | Cigna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · inpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 8 | Cigna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 9 | Cigna commercial|ppo fee schedule · inpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 10 | Cigna commercial|ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 11 | Kaiser commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 12 | Kaiser commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2.5k | $2.5k | — | — | — | $2.5k – $2.5k |
| 13 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 14 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2.9k | $2.9k | — | — | — | $2.9k – $2.9k |
| 15 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 16 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.4k | $3.4k | — | — | — | $3.4k – $3.4k |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 18 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 19 | Anthem medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 20 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 21 | Kaiser medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|non-options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|options ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 25 | Anthem commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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