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
Aspirate pleura w/ imaging
Tampa, FL
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Adventhealth Carrollwood’s median price of $691 is 29% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 29% 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: 6 payers, 6 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 | First Health medicare managed care - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $655.08 | $655.08 | $655.08 – $655.08 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare managed care - hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $668.18 | $668.18 | $668.18 – $668.18 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare managed care - hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $681.28 | $681.28 | $681.28 – $681.28 |
| 4 | Cigna medicare managed care - hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $700.93 | $700.93 | $700.93 – $700.93 |
| 5 | WellCare medicare managed care - hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $733.69 | $733.69 | $733.69 – $733.69 |
| 6 | Oscar individual epo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,224 | $1,224 | $1,224 – $1,224 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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