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 S-VENOUS CATH SEL ORG BLD SAMP
Lancaster, PA
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Lancaster General Health’s median price of $1.2k is 38% above the median hospital's median price ($868), higher than 61% of the 1,691 hospitals reporting CPT 36500. 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, 28 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 | Medicaid medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $35 | $35 | — | — | — | $35 – $35 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas medicaid hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $39 | $39 | — | — | — | $39 – $39 |
| 3 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $345 | $345 | $12 | 3% | — | $333 – $357 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $348 | $348 | $12 | 3% | — | $336 – $360 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $478 | $478 | $16 | 3% | — | $462 – $494 |
| 6 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $585 | $585 | $20 | 3% | — | $565 – $604 |
| 7 | Highmark highmark chip facility · other · outpatient | $709 | $709 | $24 | 3% | — | $685 – $733 |
| 8 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $716 | $716 | $24 | 3% | — | $692 – $740 |
| 9 | Highmark highmark aca facility · other · outpatient | $852 | $852 | $29 | 3% | — | $823 – $881 |
| 10 | Highmark highmark commercial preferred facility · other · outpatient | $978 | $978 | $33 | 3% | — | $945 – $1.0k |
| 11 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $989 | $989 | $34 | 3% | — | $956 – $1.0k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid mco facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 13 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.1k | $1.1k | $37 | 3% | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 14 | Cigna cigna new business facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | $40 | 3% | — | $1.1k – $1.2k |
| 15 | Highmark highmark commercial facility · other · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | $41 | 3% | — | $1.2k – $1.3k |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc commercial facility · other · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | $41 | 3% | — | $1.2k – $1.3k |
| 17 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | $41 | 3% | — | $1.2k – $1.3k |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | $42 | 3% | — | $1.2k – $1.3k |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | $42 | 3% | — | $1.2k – $1.3k |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.2k | $1.2k | $42 | 3% | — | $1.2k – $1.3k |
| 21 | Highmark highmark aca facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.5k | $1.5k | $50 | 3% | — | $1.4k – $1.5k |
| 22 | Highmark highmark chip facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.5k | $1.5k | $50 | 3% | — | $1.4k – $1.5k |
| 23 | Highmark highmark commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.5k | $1.5k | $50 | 3% | — | $1.4k – $1.5k |
| 24 | Highmark highmark commercial non-preferred facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.5k | $1.5k | $50 | 3% | — | $1.4k – $1.5k |
| 25 | Highmark highmark commercial preferred facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.5k | $1.5k | $50 | 3% | — | $1.4k – $1.5k |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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