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-INSERT CENTRAL TUN VENOUS CATH <5 YR OLD
Lancaster, PA
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Lancaster General Health’s median price of $9.2k is 66% above the median hospital's median price ($5.6k), higher than 88% of the 1,784 hospitals reporting CPT 36557. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 12 payers, 33 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 united healthcare medicaid mco facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $854 | $854 | — | — | — | $854 – $854 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4.5k | $4.5k | — | — | — | $4.5k – $4.5k |
| 3 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.1k | $5.1k | — | — | — | $5.1k – $5.1k |
| 4 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.6k | $5.6k | — | — | — | $5.6k – $5.6k |
| 5 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.7k | $5.7k | — | — | — | $5.7k – $5.7k |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.7k | $5.7k | — | — | — | $5.7k – $5.7k |
| 7 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $5.7k | $5.7k | — | — | — | $5.7k – $5.7k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.7k | $5.7k | — | — | — | $5.7k – $5.7k |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
| 11 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
| 12 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $5.9k | $5.9k | — | — | — | $5.9k – $5.9k |
| 13 | Highmark highmark chip facility · other · outpatient | $6.6k | $6.6k | — | — | — | $6.6k – $6.6k |
| 14 | Highmark highmark aca facility · other · outpatient | $8.0k | $8.0k | — | — | — | $8.0k – $8.0k |
| 15 | Highmark highmark commercial preferred facility · other · outpatient | $9.2k | $9.2k | — | — | — | $9.2k – $9.2k |
| 16 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $9.3k | $9.3k | — | — | — | $9.3k – $9.3k |
| 17 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $10.3k | $10.3k | — | — | — | $10.3k – $10.3k |
| 18 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $11.0k | $11.0k | — | — | — | $11.0k – $11.0k |
| 19 | Cigna cigna new business facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $11.1k | $11.1k | — | — | — | $11.1k – $11.1k |
| 20 | Highmark highmark commercial facility · other · outpatient | $11.4k | $11.4k | — | — | — | $11.4k – $11.4k |
| 21 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $11.5k | $11.5k | — | — | — | $11.5k – $11.5k |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $11.6k | $11.6k | — | — | — | $11.6k – $11.6k |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $11.6k | $11.6k | — | — | — | $11.6k – $11.6k |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $11.6k | $11.6k | — | — | — | $11.6k – $11.6k |
| 25 | Highmark highmark aca facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $13.7k | $13.7k | — | — | — | $13.7k – $13.7k |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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