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Aspirate pleura w/o imaging
Devils Lake, ND
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Altru Hospital Devils Lake’s median price of $1.0k is 22% above the median hospital's median price ($827), higher than 60% of the 2,329 hospitals reporting CPT 32554. 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, 10 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 | $289 | $289 | $58 | 20% | — | $232 – $347 |
| 2 | Medica medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $442 | $442 | $392 | 89% | — | $50 – $834 |
| 3 | Medica medicaid managed care plan – hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $442 | $442 | $392 | 89% | — | $50 – $834 |
| 4 | Medica medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $564 | $564 | $473 | 84% | — | $91 – $1.0k |
| 5 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $641 | $641 | — | — | — | $641 – $641 |
| 6 | Sanford Health Plan all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $877 | $877 | $128 | 15% | — | $748 – $1.0k |
| 7 | Medica all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $992 | $992 | $844 | 85% | — | $148 – $1.8k |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 9 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.3k | $549 | 43% | — | $673 – $2k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | $280 | 20% | — | $1.1k – $1.7k |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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