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
PR THORACENTESIS NEEDLE/CATH PLEURA W/IMAGING
Malone, NY
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Alice Hyde Medical Center’s median price of $388 is 60% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 9% 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: 5 payers, 20 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 | Humana tricare professional · fee schedule · both | $241.71 | $241.71 | $241.71 – $241.71 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid/essential plans professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $242.20 | $242.20 | $242.20 – $242.20 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $242.20 | $242.20 | $242.20 – $242.20 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $298.77 | $298.77 | $298.77 – $298.77 |
| 5 | Excellus medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $298.77 | $298.77 | $298.77 – $298.77 |
| 6 | Excellus managed medicaid/essential plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $335.83 | $335.83 | $335.83 – $335.83 |
| 7 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $387.75 | $387.75 | $387.75 – $387.75 |
| 8 | Excellus medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $387.75 | $387.75 | $387.75 – $387.75 |
| 9 | Humana tricare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $387.75 | $387.75 | $387.75 – $387.75 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $387.75 | $387.75 | $387.75 – $387.75 |
| 11 | Excellus commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $398.08 | $398.08 | $398.08 – $398.08 |
| 12 | Aetna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $474.29 | $474.29 | $474.29 – $474.29 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare commercial ppo for ny state employees professional · fee schedule · both | $486.08 | $486.08 | $446.67 – $525.48 |
| 14 | Excellus managed medicaid/essential plans professional · fee schedule · both | $601.74 | $601.74 | $601.74 – $601.74 |
| 15 | Highmark ind/fep/ppo/hmo professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $678.16 | $678.16 | $678.16 – $678.16 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $713.78 | $713.78 | $713.78 – $713.78 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,021 | $1,021 | $1,021 – $1,021 |
| 18 | Highmark ind/fep/ppo/hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,053 | $1,053 | $1,053 – $1,053 |
| 19 | Excellus commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,167 | $2,167 | $2,167 – $2,167 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $9,020 | $9,020 | $9,020 – $9,020 |
Last updated: Sep 8, 2026
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