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
Aspirate pleura w/ imaging
Fond Du Lac, WI
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Agnesian Healthcare Inc.’s median price of $3.0k is 202% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 95% 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: 3 payers, 6 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 | Molina medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $465.35 | $465.35 | $465.35 – $465.35 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $620.47 | $620.47 | $620.47 – $620.47 |
| 3 | WellCare medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $632.88 | $632.88 | $632.88 – $632.88 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue preferred / blue preferred plus hmo/pos fee schedule · outpatient | $2,654 | $2,654 | $2,654 – $2,654 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue access ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $3,335 | $3,335 | $3,335 – $3,335 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue traditional traditional fee schedule · outpatient | $3,335 | $3,335 | $3,335 – $3,335 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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