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
HC PLEURAL DRAINAGE, PERC, W CATH PLMNT; IMAGING GUID
Crowley, LA
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Acadia General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $1.4k is 24% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 23% of the 2,232 hospitals reporting CPT 32557. 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, 17 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 other · outpatient | $288.41 | $288.41 | $288.41 – $288.41 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $288.41 | $288.41 | $288.41 – $288.41 |
| 3 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $288.41 | $288.41 | $288.41 – $288.41 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $288.41 | $288.41 | $288.41 – $288.41 |
| 5 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 6 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $982.48 | $934.06 | $359.35 – $1,412 |
| 8 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $954.00 | $954.00 | $954.00 – $954.00 |
| 9 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,058 | $1,058 | $1,058 – $1,058 |
| 10 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,412 | $1,061 | $359.35 – $1,412 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,412 | $1,164 | $668.00 – $1,412 |
| 12 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1,326 | $1,326 | $1,326 – $1,326 |
| 13 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,412 | $1,412 | $1,412 – $1,412 |
| 14 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,412 | $1,412 | $1,412 – $1,412 |
| 15 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $1,412 | $1,412 | $1,412 – $1,412 |
| 16 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,483 | $1,483 | $1,483 – $1,483 |
| 17 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,852 | $1,809 | $1,724 – $1,852 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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