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
DeKalb, MS
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Kemper CAH, Inc.’s median price of $2.0k is 33% below the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 32% 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, 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 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $795.00 | $795.00 | $795.00 – $795.00 |
| 2 | Humana all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,300 | $1,300 | $1,300 – $1,300 |
| 3 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $1,634 | $1,634 | $1,634 – $1,634 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $1,634 | $1,634 | $1,634 – $1,634 |
| 5 | Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,829 | $1,829 | $1,829 – $1,829 |
| 6 | Cigna Healthspring all payor other · outpatient | $1,922 | $1,922 | $1,922 – $1,922 |
| 7 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $1,922 | $1,922 | $1,922 – $1,922 |
| 8 | Ambetter all payor other · outpatient | $1,941 | $1,941 | $1,941 – $1,941 |
| 9 | Molina all payor other · outpatient | $1,941 | $1,941 | $1,941 – $1,941 |
| 10 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $1,941 | $1,941 | $1,941 – $1,941 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $2,082 | $2,082 | $2,082 – $2,082 |
| 12 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,362 | $2,362 | $2,362 – $2,362 |
| 13 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,402 | $2,402 | $2,402 – $2,402 |
| 14 | Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $10,294 | $10,294 | $8,355 – $12,233 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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