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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Drainage of fluid from chest cavity with insertion of indwelling tube using imaging guidance
Tehachapi, CA
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Adventist Health Medical Center Tehachapi’s median price of $200 is 89% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 2% 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: 7 payers, 21 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 | Kaiser kaiser medi-cal ip/op only fee schedule · outpatient | $101.27 | $101.27 | $101.27 – $101.27 |
| 2 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $101.27 | $101.27 | $101.27 – $101.27 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $128.48 | $128.48 | $128.48 – $128.48 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna-all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $146.89 | $146.89 | $146.89 – $146.89 |
| 5 | Oscar oscar health plan- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $147.75 | $147.75 | $147.75 – $147.75 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna- all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $176.93 | $176.93 | $176.93 – $176.93 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $200.43 | $200.43 | $200.43 – $200.43 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp fee schedule · outpatient | $200.43 | $200.43 | $200.43 – $200.43 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield fee schedule · outpatient | $216.37 | $216.37 | $128.48 – $304.25 |
| 10 | Kaiser kaiser medicare ip/op only fee schedule · outpatient | $304.25 | $304.25 | $304.25 – $304.25 |
| 11 | Kaiser kaiser ip/op only- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $523.31 | $523.31 | $523.31 – $523.31 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn- all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $981.78 | $981.78 | $981.78 – $981.78 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange case rate · outpatient | $992.00 | $992.00 | $992.00 – $992.00 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs- all other plans case rate · outpatient | $1,102 | $1,102 | $1,102 – $1,102 |
| 15 | Aetna aetna-all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,105 | $1,105 | $1,105 – $1,105 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,161 | $1,161 | $1,161 – $1,161 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,699 | $1,699 | $1,699 – $1,699 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield non-epn fee schedule · outpatient | $1,796 | $1,796 | $1,796 – $1,796 |
| 19 | Cigna cigna- all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,813 | $1,813 | $1,813 – $1,813 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross non-mcs- all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2,395 | $2,395 | $2,395 – $2,395 |
| 21 | Oscar oscar health plan- all plans other · outpatient | $2,573 | $2,573 | $2,573 – $2,573 |
Last updated: May 21, 2026
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