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 INS OF CV CATH/NOT SG
Lancaster, PA
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Lancaster General Health’s median price of $3.5k is 22% above the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 75% 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: 13 payers, 35 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 | $113.21 | $113.21 | $113.21 – $113.21 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas medicaid hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $124.53 | $124.53 | $124.53 – $124.53 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid mco facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $853.60 | $853.60 | $853.60 – $853.60 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,661 | $1,664 | $1,500 – $1,836 |
| 5 | Highmark highmark chip facility · other · outpatient | $2,463 | $2,468 | $2,225 – $2,723 |
| 6 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,887 | $2,853 | $2,753 – $2,887 |
| 7 | Highmark highmark aca facility · other · outpatient | $2,959 | $2,966 | $2,674 – $3,272 |
| 8 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,176 | $3,176 | $3,176 – $3,176 |
| 9 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,208 | $3,208 | $3,208 – $3,208 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,208 | $3,208 | $3,208 – $3,208 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $3,240 | $3,240 | $3,240 – $3,240 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,256 | $3,256 | $3,256 – $3,256 |
| 13 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,272 | $3,272 | $3,272 – $3,272 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $3,272 | $3,272 | $3,272 – $3,272 |
| 15 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,304 | $3,304 | $3,304 – $3,304 |
| 16 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $3,368 | $3,368 | $3,368 – $3,368 |
| 17 | Highmark highmark commercial preferred facility · other · outpatient | $3,398 | $3,405 | $3,069 – $3,757 |
| 18 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,438 | $3,446 | $3,106 – $3,801 |
| 19 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,833 | $3,842 | $3,463 – $4,238 |
| 20 | Cigna cigna new business facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,105 | $4,114 | $3,708 – $4,539 |
| 21 | Highmark highmark commercial facility · other · outpatient | $4,227 | $4,237 | $3,819 – $4,674 |
| 22 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,249 | $4,259 | $3,839 – $4,698 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4,317 | $4,327 | $3,900 – $4,773 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $4,317 | $4,327 | $3,900 – $4,773 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,317 | $4,327 | $3,900 – $4,773 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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