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
Bragg, CA
See all hospitals reporting CPT 32557 →Price type
Adventist Health Mendocino Coast’s median price of $1.3k is 33% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 19% 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, 19 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 cross - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $20.67 | $20.67 | $20.67 – $20.67 |
| 2 | Medicaid medi-cal fee schedule · outpatient | $101.27 | $76.51 | $27.00 – $101.27 |
| 3 | Cigna cigna - all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $127.48 | $127.48 | $127.48 – $127.48 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv fee schedule · outpatient | $127.48 | $127.48 | $127.48 – $127.48 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield fee schedule · outpatient | $203.20 | $203.20 | $127.48 – $278.92 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $204.08 | $204.08 | $204.08 – $204.08 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp fee schedule · outpatient | $204.08 | $204.08 | $204.08 – $204.08 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $886.41 | $886.41 | $877.34 – $895.48 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tricare blue shield percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,161 | $1,161 | $1,161 – $1,161 |
| 10 | MultiPlan multiplan - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,625 | $1,260 | $497.00 – $1,658 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mcr adv percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,277 | $1,277 | $1,277 – $1,277 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn fee schedule · outpatient | $1,699 | $1,699 | $1,699 – $1,699 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,796 | $1,796 | $1,796 – $1,796 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,801 | $1,801 | $1,783 – $1,819 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare uhc jll csp percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,822 | $1,822 | $1,822 – $1,822 |
| 16 | Cigna cigna - all plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,829 | $1,829 | $1,810 – $1,848 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross exchange case rate · outpatient | $1,913 | $1,913 | $1,894 – $1,933 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare uhc all payer - all other plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,917 | $1,917 | $1,917 – $1,917 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - all other plans case rate · outpatient | $2,126 | $2,126 | $2,104 – $2,148 |
Last updated: Aug 2, 2026
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