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
Elgin, IL
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Advocate Sherman Hospital’s median price of $1.1k is 14% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 57% 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $741.12 | $741.12 | $712.32 – $769.92 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $810.24 | $810.24 | $810.24 – $810.24 |
| 3 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $934.51 | $934.51 | $934.51 – $934.51 |
| 4 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $934.51 | $934.51 | $934.51 – $934.51 |
| 5 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $966.73 | $966.73 | $966.73 – $966.73 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,098 | $1,098 | $1,098 – $1,098 |
| 7 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,111 | $1,111 | $1,111 – $1,111 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,119 | $1,119 | $1,119 – $1,119 |
| 9 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,133 | $1,133 | $998.40 – $1,267 |
| 10 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,728 | $1,728 | $1,728 – $1,728 |
| 11 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,728 | $1,728 | $1,728 – $1,728 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $3,728 | $3,643 | $3,371 – $3,830 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare hmo case rate · outpatient | $4,256 | $4,256 | $4,256 – $4,256 |
Last updated: Nov 4, 2025
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