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
HC 5+ Y/O, CENTRAL LINE INSERTION
ST, LA
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Kaplan General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $1.1k is 63% below the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 19% 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, 13 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 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $349.65 | $349.65 | $349.65 – $349.65 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $435.83 | $435.83 | $349.65 – $522.00 |
| 5 | Bcbs La all payor other · outpatient | $1,080 | $1,080 | $1,080 – $1,080 |
| 6 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $1,080 | $1,080 | $1,080 – $1,080 |
| 7 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $1,080 | $1,080 | $1,080 – $1,080 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $1,080 | $1,080 | $1,080 – $1,080 |
| 9 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $1,080 | $1,080 | $1,080 – $1,080 |
| 10 | Tricare all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,257 | $1,257 | $1,257 – $1,257 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1,293 | $1,293 | $1,080 – $1,507 |
| 12 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,679 | $1,679 | $1,679 – $1,679 |
| 13 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,102 | $2,102 | $2,014 – $2,190 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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