CPT 00524
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
Thoracentesis Deep sedation 00524
Low
$1
Average
$97
Median
$54
High
$621
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| 1 | UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms | 25 | $18 | $53 | $55 | 103% | — | $2 – $286 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms | 14 | $81 | $81 | $55 | 68% | — | $0 – $216 |
| 3 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms | 14 | $20 | $19 | $9 | 46% | — | $2 – $33 |
| 4 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms | 13 | $29 | $1.5k | $2.6k | 171% | — | $15 – $8.4k |
| 5 | Cigna fee schedule · outpatient · +4 other terms | 13 | $2.5k | $336 | $786 | 234% | — | $21 – $2.5k |
| 6 | Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms | 10 | $17 | $37 | $25 | 69% | — | $16 – $70 |
| 7 | Oscar fee schedule · inpatient · +1 other terms | 9 | $102 | $80 | $30 | 37% | — | $40 – $102 |
| 8 | WellCare fee schedule · inpatient · +3 other terms | 9 | $20 | $21 | $3 | 15% | — | $20 – $35 |
| 9 | Aetna Better Health professional · fee schedule · both · +1 other terms | 8 | $10 | $11 | $9 | 81% | — | $0 – $21 |
| 10 | Anthem professional · fee schedule · both · +3 other terms | 8 | $34 | $53 | $52 | 98% | — | $15 – $223 |
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