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-tunnel cv cath
Atlanta, GA
See all hospitals reporting CPT 36556 →Price type
Emory University’s median price of $3.3k is 12% above the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 66% 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, 19 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 | UnitedHealthcare core/charter/nexus other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,952 | $1,952 | $1,952 – $1,952 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,296 | $2,296 | $2,296 – $2,296 |
| 3 | Aetna exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,572 | $2,572 | $2,572 – $2,572 |
| 4 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,987 | $2,987 | $2,987 – $2,987 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue pathways exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,012 | $3,012 | $3,012 – $3,012 |
| 6 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,051 | $3,051 | $3,051 – $3,051 |
| 7 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,167 | $3,167 | $3,167 – $3,167 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,199 | $3,199 | $3,199 – $3,199 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,230 | $3,230 | $3,230 – $3,230 |
| 10 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,262 | $3,262 | $3,262 – $3,262 |
| 11 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,325 | $3,325 | $3,325 – $3,325 |
| 12 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,357 | $3,357 | $3,357 – $3,357 |
| 13 | Cigna hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,590 | $3,590 | $3,590 – $3,590 |
| 14 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,249 | $4,249 | $4,249 – $4,249 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,455 | $4,455 | $4,455 – $4,455 |
| 16 | Humana hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,840 | $4,840 | $4,840 – $4,840 |
| 17 | Humana medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,840 | $4,840 | $4,840 – $4,840 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,051 | $5,051 | $5,051 – $5,051 |
| 19 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6,714 | $6,714 | $6,714 – $6,714 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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