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 cath pleura w/ image
Alexandria, MN
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Alomere Health’s median price of $1.8k is 4% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 47% 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: 5 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,021 | $1,021 | $816.49 – $1,225 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,625 | $1,625 | $1,625 – $1,625 |
| 3 | Ucare commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,868 | $1,868 | $1,868 – $1,868 |
| 4 | Cigna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,360 | $4,360 | $4,360 – $4,360 |
| 5 | Healthpartners commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,360 | $4,360 | $4,360 – $4,360 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,864 | $4,864 | $3,891 – $5,836 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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