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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Insert cath pleura w/ image
Devils Lake, ND
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Altru Hospital Devils Lake’s median price of $1.8k is 1% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 49% 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, 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 | Medica medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $459.74 | $459.74 | $85.48 – $834.00 |
| 2 | Medica medicaid managed care plan – hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $459.74 | $459.74 | $85.48 – $834.00 |
| 3 | Medica medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $595.69 | $595.69 | $154.37 – $1,037 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $727.20 | $727.20 | $581.76 – $872.64 |
| 5 | Medica all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,044 | $1,044 | $251.42 – $1,836 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,608 | $1,608 | $1,608 – $1,608 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,200 | $2,200 | $1,878 – $2,521 |
| 8 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,500 | $2,361 | $1,689 – $2,895 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,149 | $3,149 | $3,149 – $3,149 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,519 | $3,519 | $2,815 – $4,222 |
Last updated: Mar 1, 2026
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