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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Insert cath pleura w/ image
Ottawa, KS
See all hospitals reporting CPT 32557 →Price type
Adventhealth Ottawa’s median price of $2.2k is 21% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 65% 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: 5 payers, 7 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 blue choice ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $898.68 | $898.68 | $898.68 – $898.68 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care - hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,480 | $1,480 | $1,480 – $1,480 |
| 3 | Cigna local plus pos fee schedule · outpatient | $2,079 | $2,079 | $2,079 – $2,079 |
| 4 | Cigna hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,235 | $2,235 | $2,235 – $2,235 |
| 5 | Oscar individual plan hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,517 | $2,517 | $2,517 – $2,517 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,746 | $2,746 | $2,746 – $2,746 |
| 7 | Aetna hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $3,281 | $3,281 | $3,281 – $3,281 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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