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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HC THORACENTESIS W/IMAGING
Crowley, LA
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Acadia General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $562 is 43% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 13% of the 2,453 hospitals reporting CPT 32555. 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, 13 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 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 3 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $456.18 | $456.18 | $359.35 – $553.00 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $498.00 | $498.00 | $498.00 – $498.00 |
| 6 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $561.95 | $561.95 | $561.95 – $561.95 |
| 7 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $561.95 | $561.95 | $561.95 – $561.95 |
| 8 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $561.95 | $561.95 | $561.95 – $561.95 |
| 9 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $561.95 | $561.95 | $561.95 – $561.95 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $561.95 | $561.95 | $561.95 – $561.95 |
| 11 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $590.05 | $590.05 | $590.05 – $590.05 |
| 12 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $954.00 | $954.00 | $954.00 – $954.00 |
| 13 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,788 | $1,497 | $561.95 – $1,852 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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