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
Devils Lake, ND
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Altru Hospital Devils Lake’s median price of $1.0k is 3% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 52% 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, 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 | $289.43 | $289.43 | $231.54 – $347.31 |
| 2 | Medica medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $448.35 | $448.35 | $62.69 – $834.00 |
| 3 | Medica medicaid managed care plan – hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $448.35 | $448.35 | $62.69 – $834.00 |
| 4 | Medica medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $575.11 | $575.11 | $113.22 – $1,037 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $640.89 | $640.89 | $640.89 – $640.89 |
| 6 | Sanford Health Plan all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $876.54 | $876.54 | $748.43 – $1,005 |
| 7 | Medica all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,010 | $1,010 | $184.39 – $1,836 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,255 | $1,255 | $1,255 – $1,255 |
| 9 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,154 | $1,276 | $672.93 – $2,000 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,400 | $1,400 | $1,120 – $1,680 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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