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
THORACOSTOMY W/FLAP DRAINAGE
Arlington, TX
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AMH Cath Labs LLC’s median price of $830 is 71% below the median hospital's median price ($2.8k), higher than 19% of the 1,235 hospitals reporting CPT 32036. 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, 14 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 medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $751 | $751 | — | — | — | $751 – $751 |
| 2 | Humana medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $781 | $781 | — | — | — | $781 – $781 |
| 3 | Humana medicare advantage ppo case rate · outpatient | $781 | $781 | — | — | — | $781 – $781 |
| 4 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $788 | $788 | — | — | — | $788 – $788 |
| 5 | WellCare medicare advantage hmo case rate · outpatient | $788 | $788 | — | — | — | $788 – $788 |
| 6 | WellCare medicare advantage mmp case rate · outpatient | $826 | $826 | — | — | — | $826 – $826 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage ppo case rate · outpatient | $833 | $833 | — | — | — | $833 – $833 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage hmo case rate · outpatient | $848 | $848 | — | — | — | $848 – $848 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield exchange case rate · outpatient | $928 | $928 | — | — | — | $928 – $928 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo case rate · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo case rate · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield traditional case rate · outpatient | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | — | $6.7k – $6.7k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all payer case rate · outpatient | $9.6k | $9.6k | — | — | — | $9.6k – $9.6k |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare ppo case rate · outpatient | $12.2k | $12.2k | — | — | — | $12.2k – $12.2k |
Last updated: Apr 21, 2026
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