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
THORACENTESIS NEEDLE/CATH PLEURA W/IMAGING
Akron, OH
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Akron General Medical Center’s median price of $641 is 35% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 23% 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: 10 payers, 53 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 | UnitedHealthcare all products facility · other · outpatient | $0.01 | $0.01 | $0.01 – $0.01 |
| 2 | Optum managed medicaid transplant professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $61.53 | $61.53 | $61.53 – $61.53 |
| 3 | Caresource managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $68.01 | $68.01 | $68.01 – $68.01 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $68.01 | $68.01 | $68.01 – $68.01 |
| 5 | Molina managed medicaid professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $71.25 | $71.25 | $71.25 – $71.25 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $93.27 | $93.27 | $93.27 – $93.27 |
| 7 | Anthem medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $93.27 | $93.27 | $93.27 – $93.27 |
| 8 | Humana medicare advantage hmo professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $93.27 | $93.27 | $93.27 – $93.27 |
| 9 | Optum medicare advantage transplant professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $93.27 | $93.27 | $93.27 – $93.27 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $93.27 | $93.27 | $93.27 – $93.27 |
| 11 | Anthem all products mid-level facility professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $145.56 | $145.56 | $145.56 – $145.56 |
| 12 | Anthem hpn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $188.50 | $188.50 | $188.50 – $188.50 |
| 13 | Oscar all products professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $253.85 | $253.85 | $253.85 – $253.85 |
| 14 | Anthem all products physician professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $369.71 | $369.71 | $369.71 – $369.71 |
| 15 | Anthem all products physician facility professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $369.71 | $369.71 | $369.71 – $369.71 |
| 16 | Cigna all products mid-level professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $382.98 | $382.98 | $382.98 – $382.98 |
| 17 | Aetna acop professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $404.08 | $404.08 | $404.08 – $404.08 |
| 18 | Anthem all products mid-level non-facility professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $409.60 | $409.60 | $409.60 – $409.60 |
| 19 | Cigna all products physician professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $452.53 | $452.53 | $452.53 – $452.53 |
| 20 | Humana medicare advantage hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $571.26 | $571.26 | $571.26 – $571.26 |
| 21 | Optum all products va facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $571.26 | $571.26 | $571.26 – $571.26 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $571.26 | $571.26 | $571.26 – $571.26 |
| 23 | Optum all products transplant professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $582.42 | $582.42 | $582.42 – $582.42 |
| 24 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $593.48 | $593.48 | $593.48 – $593.48 |
| 25 | Anthem medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $593.48 | $593.48 | $593.48 – $593.48 |
Last updated: Jun 15, 2026
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