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CPT 36598 at Seattle Children's Hospital

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Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Seattle Children's Hospital publishes for this code: as an outpatient

Who paysHospital’s fee (lowest – highest)Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates$51.33 – $772152 plans$538 – $1,130
Medicaid managed careInsurer rates$20.40 – $26113 plans$196 – $210
Medicaid (state program)Insurer rates$19.81 – $2031 plan$191
Other government programInsurer rates$41.50 – $3301 plan$399
UnknownInsurer rates$19.81 – $72423 plans$191 – $885
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance$804$101
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it$145 – $804$1,413

Lowest and highest amounts Seattle Children's Hospital lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

What Seattle Children's Hospital publishes for this code: during a hospital stay

Who paysHospital’s fee (lowest – highest)Doctor’s fee the hospital lists
Commercial insuranceInsurer rates$51.33 – $772152 plans$51.33 – $116
Medicaid managed careInsurer rates$20.40 – $26113 plans$20.40 – $21.79
Medicaid (state program)Insurer rates$19.81 – $2031 plan$19.81
Other government programInsurer rates$41.50 – $3301 plan$41.50
UnknownInsurer rates$19.81 – $72423 plans$19.81 – $92.00
Cash pricePaying yourself, without insurance$804$145
List priceBefore any discount; few people pay it$145 – $804$145

Lowest and highest amounts Seattle Children's Hospital lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Bills to expect

The hospital’s fee is the price above. Doctors usually send their own bills. Their amounts here are what original Medicare allows in Seattle (King County) for 2026, and a private-plan estimate of 118% to 179% of that (the range found across studies of what insurers pay doctors). Those are estimates, not quotes.

BillWhat it’s forOriginal Medicare allowsPrivate plan estimate
Hospital's feeThe hospitalThe operating or procedure room, nursing, supplies and recovery—The price above
Surgeon or doctor doing itThe doctor's practiceThe procedure$32.08$37.85 – $57.42
AnesthesiaAn anesthesia group (only sometimes)Anesthesia or deep sedation, if you need itOnly if an anesthesia team is part of your care. Its amount depends on how long it takes.——

Original Medicare amounts are only for people on original Medicare. Your share depends on your plan’s deductible, copay and coinsurance.

Compare CPT 36598 at every Washington hospital, with Medicare’s reference amounts.