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
HCHG RAD PLEURAL DRAINAGE W CHEST TUBE PLCMT INC I
Ulm, MN
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Allina Health Systems’s median price of $883 is 52% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 14% 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: 9 payers, 25 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 | Ucare ucare pmap (abdmnorsuv) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $226.15 | $226.15 | $226.15 – $226.15 |
| 2 | Medica medica pmap (n) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $357.43 | $357.43 | $357.43 – $357.43 |
| 3 | Medicaid medicaid ma (n) facility · other · outpatient | $492.02 | $492.02 | $492.02 – $492.02 |
| 4 | Medica medica medicare (r) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $499.37 | $499.37 | $499.37 – $499.37 |
| 5 | Medica medica dual solutions (r) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $505.80 | $505.80 | $505.80 – $505.80 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bc medicare (n) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $522.60 | $522.60 | $522.60 – $522.60 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna elevate (n r) facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $688.67 | $688.67 | $688.67 – $688.67 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna elevate (n r) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $695.53 | $695.53 | $695.53 – $695.53 |
| 9 | Aetna aetna performance (n r) facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $743.98 | $743.98 | $743.98 – $743.98 |
| 10 | Aetna aetna performance (n r) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $751.39 | $751.39 | $751.39 – $751.39 |
| 11 | Medica medica ubh (n) facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $786.80 | $786.80 | $786.80 – $786.80 |
| 12 | Bcbs Mn bc pmap (n) facility · other · outpatient | $799.94 | $799.94 | $799.94 – $799.94 |
| 13 | Medica medica ubh pmap (n) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $899.20 | $899.20 | $899.20 – $899.20 |
| 14 | Cigna hpi cigna (n) facility · other · outpatient | $919.20 | $919.20 | $919.20 – $919.20 |
| 15 | First Health first health (abdmnosurv) facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $944.16 | $944.16 | $944.16 – $944.16 |
| 16 | First Health first health (abdmnosurv) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $944.16 | $944.16 | $944.16 – $944.16 |
| 17 | Medica medica ubh (n) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $944.16 | $944.16 | $944.16 – $944.16 |
| 18 | Aetna aetna direct/indirect network (n r) facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $950.68 | $950.68 | $950.68 – $950.68 |
| 19 | Aetna aetna direct/indirect network (n r) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $960.23 | $960.23 | $960.23 – $960.23 |
| 20 | Aetna allina aetna medicare (n) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,541 | $1,541 | $1,541 – $1,541 |
| 21 | Medicare medicare (n) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,622 | $1,622 | $1,622 – $1,622 |
| 22 | Bcbs Mn bc state health plan (n) facility · other · outpatient | $1,976 | $1,976 | $1,976 – $1,976 |
| 23 | Bcbs Mn bc premier(n) facility · other · outpatient | $2,539 | $2,539 | $2,539 – $2,539 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bc aehp (n) facility · other · outpatient | $2,986 | $2,986 | $2,986 – $2,986 |
| 25 | Bcbs Mn bc high value/performance network (n) facility · other · outpatient | $3,206 | $3,206 | $3,206 – $3,206 |
Last updated: Jun 16, 2026
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