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
Lafayette, LA
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Lafayette General Medical Center Inc’s median price of $2.9k is 1% below the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 49% 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, 12 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 | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 3 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,612 | $1,612 | $359.35 – $2,864 |
| 4 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1,694 | $1,694 | $1,694 – $1,694 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,944 | $1,722 | $359.35 – $2,864 |
| 6 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,249 | $2,249 | $1,634 – $2,864 |
| 7 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,774 | $2,774 | $2,646 – $2,902 |
| 8 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,864 | $2,864 | $2,864 – $2,864 |
| 9 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,864 | $2,864 | $2,864 – $2,864 |
| 10 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,864 | $2,864 | $2,864 – $2,864 |
| 11 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $2,864 | $2,864 | $2,864 – $2,864 |
| 12 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,007 | $3,007 | $3,007 – $3,007 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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