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.
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Aspirate pleura w/ imaging
Oakland, CA
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Alta Bates Summit Medical Center’s median price of $892 is 9% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 45% 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: 1 payer, 1 plan rate. 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 | Anthem medicare adv_ hmo / ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $891.95 | $891.95 | $891.95 – $891.95 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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