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
Chalmette, LA
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Hospital Service District Of The Parish Of St. Bernard, State Of Louisiana’s median price of $2.4k is 19% below the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 39% 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: 12 payers, 14 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 | $349.65 | $349.65 | $349.65 – $349.65 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $349.65 | $349.65 | $349.65 – $349.65 |
| 3 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,485 | $1,580 | $1,485 – $1,724 |
| 4 | Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,612 | $1,612 | $1,612 – $1,612 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,620 | $1,620 | $349.65 – $2,890 |
| 6 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,779 | $1,779 | $1,779 – $1,779 |
| 7 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,890 | $2,043 | $349.65 – $2,890 |
| 8 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,362 | $2,362 | $2,362 – $2,362 |
| 9 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $2,745 | $2,745 | $2,745 – $2,745 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,890 | $2,890 | $2,890 – $2,890 |
| 11 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,890 | $2,890 | $2,890 – $2,890 |
| 12 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,890 | $2,890 | $2,890 – $2,890 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $4,456 | $4,456 | $2,890 – $6,021 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $4,789 | $4,789 | $4,789 – $4,789 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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