Non-tunneled central venous catheter insertion at Ochsner Medical Center � Hancock Llc

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC 5+ Y/O, CENTRAL LINE INSERTION

Bay St. Louis, MS

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Ochsner Medical Center � Hancock Llc’s median price of $2.9k is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 50% of the 2,457 hospitals reporting CPT 36556. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 36556 at Ochsner Medical Center � Hancock Llc

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 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	Cigna all payor other · outpatient	$1,218	$1,218	$1,218 – $1,218
2	MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,949	$1,949	$1,949 – $1,949
3	UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient	$2,322	$2,322	$1,755 – $2,890
4	Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$2,362	$2,362	$2,362 – $2,362
5	Aetna all payor other · outpatient	$2,451	$2,451	$2,451 – $2,451
6	Humana all payor other · outpatient	$2,601	$2,601	$2,601 – $2,601
7	Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient	$2,890	$2,890	$2,890 – $2,890
8	Humana all payor case rate · outpatient	$2,890	$2,890	$2,890 – $2,890
9	Optum all payor case rate · outpatient	$2,890	$2,890	$2,890 – $2,890
10	WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient	$2,890	$2,890	$2,890 – $2,890
11	Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient	$2,919	$2,919	$2,919 – $2,919
12	Molina all payor case rate · outpatient	$2,919	$2,919	$2,919 – $2,919
13	Ambetter all payor case rate · outpatient	$4,624	$4,624	$4,624 – $4,624
14	Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$9,473	$9,473	$8,355 – $10,591

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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