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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HC 5+ Y/O, CENTRAL LINE INSERTION
Butler, AL
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Rush Hospital/Butler, Inc.’s median price of $542 is 81% below the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 13% 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: 11 payers, 20 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 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $150.46 | $150.46 | $150.46 – $150.46 |
| 2 | Bcbs Al all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $159.87 | $159.87 | $159.87 – $159.87 |
| 3 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $418.23 | $418.23 | $418.23 – $418.23 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $521.01 | $521.01 | $521.01 – $521.01 |
| 5 | MultiPlan all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $541.00 | $541.00 | $541.00 – $541.00 |
| 6 | Cigna Healthspring all payor other · outpatient | $195.77 | $599.34 | $160.90 – $1,441 |
| 7 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $195.77 | $599.34 | $160.90 – $1,441 |
| 8 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $195.77 | $599.34 | $160.90 – $1,441 |
| 9 | Molina all payor other · outpatient | $197.73 | $605.33 | $162.51 – $1,456 |
| 10 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $195.77 | $706.11 | $160.90 – $1,762 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $195.77 | $706.11 | $160.90 – $1,762 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $795.00 | $795.00 | $795.00 – $795.00 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $936.94 | $936.94 | $936.94 – $936.94 |
| 14 | Humana all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,262 | $1,262 | $1,262 – $1,262 |
| 15 | Ambetter all payor other · outpatient | $1,456 | $1,456 | $1,456 – $1,456 |
| 16 | Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,762 | $1,762 | $1,762 – $1,762 |
| 17 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $2,082 | $2,082 | $2,082 – $2,082 |
| 18 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,362 | $2,362 | $2,362 – $2,362 |
| 19 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,402 | $2,402 | $2,402 – $2,402 |
| 20 | Bcbs Al all payor other · outpatient | $3,462 | $3,462 | $3,462 – $3,462 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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