CPT 00524

Anesthesia for chest drainage procedure

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.

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Provider: anthropic
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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

Thoracentesis Deep sedation 00524

Payer pricing summary

Low

Average

$76

Median

$64

High

$310

Payer rate distribution

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All methodologies Case rate 33 Fee schedule 34 Per diem 2 Percent of billed charges 25 Other 23

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1	Cigna professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges · +4 other terms	10	$1	$34	$61	181%	—	$0 – $198
2	Aetna professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges · +5 other terms	9	$2	$128	$143	112%	—	$1 – $334
3	Humana professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges · +4 other terms	9	$1	$45	$84	185%	—	$1 – $322
4	MultiPlan professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges · +5 other terms	9	$97	$156	$172	111%	—	$1 – $380
5	UnitedHealthcare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +6 other terms	8	$27	$56	$35	62%	—	$1 – $105
6	Blue Cross Blue Shield professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges · +4 other terms	6	$2	$95	$133	140%	—	$2 – $306
7	Medica facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +2 other terms	4	$77	$75	$26	35%	—	$47 – $105
8	Molina percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges · +2 other terms	4	$28	$28	—	—	—	$28 – $28
9	Oscar percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges · +2 other terms	4	$23	$23	—	—	—	$23 – $23
10	Anthem professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges · +4 other terms	3	$30	$20	$12	59%	—	$7 – $33

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