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
36556-Central Line Greater Than/Equal to 5 Years
Oceanside, CA
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Tri-City Medical Center’s median price of $4.1k is 40% above the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 84% 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: 10 payers, 21 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 | Bcbs Ca commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $998.17 | $998.17 | $850.87 – $1,145 |
| 2 | Cigna hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,060 | $1,060 | $1,060 – $1,060 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare select/select plus facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,097 | $1,097 | $1,097 – $1,097 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,202 | $1,202 | $1,202 – $1,202 |
| 5 | Magellan commercial/medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,213 | $1,213 | $859.46 – $1,566 |
| 6 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,415 | $1,415 | $1,003 – $1,826 |
| 7 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,415 | $1,415 | $1,003 – $1,826 |
| 8 | Bcbs Ca covered california facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,423 | $1,423 | $1,423 – $1,423 |
| 9 | Cigna ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,594 | $1,594 | $1,130 – $2,059 |
| 10 | MultiPlan auto medical facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,553 | $3,553 | $3,553 – $3,553 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,061 | $4,061 | $4,061 – $4,061 |
| 12 | Anthem medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,061 | $4,061 | $4,061 – $4,061 |
| 13 | Bcbs Ca medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,061 | $4,061 | $4,061 – $4,061 |
| 14 | Humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,061 | $4,061 | $4,061 – $4,061 |
| 15 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,061 | $4,061 | $4,061 – $4,061 |
| 16 | Kaiser medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,061 | $4,061 | $4,061 – $4,061 |
| 17 | Molina medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,061 | $4,061 | $4,061 – $4,061 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,061 | $4,061 | $4,061 – $4,061 |
| 19 | Aetna commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $4,822 | $4,822 | $3,004 – $6,640 |
| 20 | Molina covered california ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,482 | $5,482 | $5,482 – $5,482 |
| 21 | MultiPlan workers comp facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6,563 | $6,563 | $6,563 – $6,563 |
Last updated: May 29, 2026
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