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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THORACENTESIS W/IMAGING
Barrington, IL
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Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital’s median price of $1.4k is 39% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 66% 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: 8 payers, 13 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 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $934.51 | $934.51 | $934.51 – $934.51 |
| 2 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $934.51 | $934.51 | $934.51 – $934.51 |
| 3 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $966.73 | $966.73 | $966.73 – $966.73 |
| 4 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,187 | $1,187 | $1,187 – $1,187 |
| 5 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,232 | $1,232 | $1,144 – $1,320 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,346 | $1,346 | $1,346 – $1,346 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,373 | $1,373 | $1,373 – $1,373 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,628 | $1,628 | $1,564 – $1,692 |
| 9 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,760 | $1,760 | $1,760 – $1,760 |
| 10 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,760 | $1,760 | $1,760 – $1,760 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,780 | $1,780 | $1,780 – $1,780 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $3,558 | $3,958 | $3,070 – $5,246 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare hmo case rate · outpatient | $6,071 | $6,071 | $6,071 – $6,071 |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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