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
Insert cath pleura w/ image
Killeen, TX
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Adventhealth Central Texas’s median price of $2.2k is 18% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 64% 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: 2 payers, 3 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,039 | $2,039 | $2,039 – $2,039 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,349 | $2,349 | $2,349 – $2,349 |
| 3 | Superior Healthplan ambetter exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $2,530 | $2,530 | $2,530 – $2,530 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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