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.
Original text from hospital filings
PLEURAL DRAINAGE W/IMAGING
Elgin, IL
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Advocate Sherman Hospital’s median price of $1.6k is 12% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 40% 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: 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 | $815.32 | $818.32 | $712.32 – $930.32 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $894.64 | $894.64 | $810.24 – $979.04 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,213 | $1,213 | $1,098 – $1,327 |
| 4 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,227 | $1,227 | $1,111 – $1,343 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,236 | $1,236 | $1,119 – $1,353 |
| 6 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,237 | $1,251 | $998.40 – $1,531 |
| 7 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,908 | $1,908 | $1,728 – $2,088 |
| 8 | MultiPlan commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,908 | $1,908 | $1,728 – $2,088 |
| 9 | Ambetter medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2,348 | $2,348 | $2,348 – $2,348 |
| 10 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2,348 | $2,348 | $2,348 – $2,348 |
| 11 | Oscar medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $2,429 | $2,429 | $2,429 – $2,429 |
| 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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