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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Insert non-tunnel cv cath
Buffalo, NY
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Roswell Park Cancer Institute’s median price of $4.8k is 64% above the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 90% 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: 2 payers, 7 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield zero premium medicare managed care - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $162.59 | $162.59 | $162.59 – $162.59 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare managed care - ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,439 | $2,439 | $162.59 – $4,716 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $2,550 | $2,550 | $2,550 – $2,550 |
| 4 | Molina yourcare medicaid managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $2,563 | $2,563 | $1,381 – $3,744 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essential other commercial plan fee schedule · outpatient | $3,720 | $3,720 | $228.52 – $7,211 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo/pos fee schedule · outpatient | $5,341 | $5,341 | $253.91 – $10,429 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo/traditional fee schedule · outpatient | $5,822 | $5,822 | $277.37 – $11,366 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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