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
INSERT PLEURAL TUNNEL CATH - 729
Washington, DC
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Aiken Regional Medical Centers’s median price of $2.2k is 44% below the median hospital's median price ($3.9k), higher than 16% of the 2,176 hospitals reporting CPT 32550. 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, 5 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 medicaid fee schedule · both | $294 | $294 | — | — | — | $294 – $294 |
| 2 | WellCare medicaid fee schedule · both | $294 | $294 | — | — | — | $294 – $294 |
| 3 | Medcost managed_care percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $5.5k | $5.0k | $642 | 13% | — | $4.1k – $5.5k |
| 4 | Humana managed_care percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $12.1k | $11.1k | $1.4k | 13% | — | $9.1k – $12.1k |
| 5 | MultiPlan managed_care percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $14.1k | $13.0k | $1.7k | 13% | — | $10.6k – $14.1k |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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