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 5+ Y/O, CENTRAL LINE INSERTION
Meridian, MS
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Rush Medical Foundation’s median price of $2.9k is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 49% 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, 13 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 case rate · outpatient | $919.00 | $919.00 | $919.00 – $919.00 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $885.00 | $1,550 | $885.00 – $2,879 |
| 3 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $2,104 | $2,104 | $2,104 – $2,104 |
| 4 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,362 | $2,362 | $2,362 – $2,362 |
| 5 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,428 | $2,428 | $2,428 – $2,428 |
| 6 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $2,649 | $2,649 | $2,649 – $2,649 |
| 7 | Cigna Healthspring all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,879 | $2,879 | $2,879 – $2,879 |
| 8 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,879 | $2,879 | $2,879 – $2,879 |
| 9 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,879 | $2,879 | $2,879 – $2,879 |
| 10 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,879 | $2,879 | $2,879 – $2,879 |
| 11 | Molina all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,908 | $2,908 | $2,908 – $2,908 |
| 12 | Ambetter all payor case rate · outpatient | $4,031 | $4,031 | $4,031 – $4,031 |
| 13 | Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $9,473 | $9,473 | $8,355 – $10,591 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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