APC 5181
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
32554 ASPIRATE PLEURA W/O IMAGING
Low
$532
Average
$1.1k
Median
$667
High
$3.9k
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Reflects a negotiated per diem rate paid per day of care.
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| # | Hospital | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN | $664 | $797 | $1.0k | 130% | — | $588 – $26.7k |
| 2 | Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN | $664 | $664 | — | — | — | $588 – $2.7k |
| 3 | Warsaw Health System LLC Warsaw, IN | $711 | $711 | — | — | — | $630 – $2.7k |
| 4 | Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC Fort Wayne, IN | $996 | $996 | $332 | 33% | — | $588 – $2.7k |
| 5 | St. Joseph Health System, LLC Wayne, IN | $664 | $664 | — | — | — | $588 – $2.7k |
| 6 | Dupont Hospital LLC Wayne, IN | $830 | $830 | $166 | 20% | — | $588 – $2.7k |
| 7 | Natchez Hospital Company LLC Natchez, MS | $597 | $597 | — | — | — | $587 – $1.9k |
| 8 | Durant HMA LLC Durant, OK | $605 | $605 | — | — | — | $596 – $757 |
| 9 | Porter Hospital LLC Valparaiso, IN | $664 | $664 | — | — | — | $588 – $2.7k |
| 10 | Naples HMA LLC Naples, FL | $655 | $1.7k | $2.1k | 125% | — | $645 – $36.8k |
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