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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US CHEST TUBE PLACE W IMAGE
Arlington, TX
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AMH Cath Labs LLC’s median price of $2.1k is 11% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 60% 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: 9 payers, 37 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 managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $446.27 | $446.27 | $446.27 – $446.27 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $446.27 | $446.27 | $446.27 – $446.27 |
| 3 | WellCare managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $468.58 | $468.58 | $468.58 – $468.58 |
| 4 | Molina managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $481.97 | $481.97 | $481.97 – $481.97 |
| 5 | Aetna managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $490.90 | $490.90 | $490.90 – $490.90 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield exchange percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,167 | $1,193 | $1,167 – $1,271 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1,584 | $1,584 | $1,584 – $1,584 |
| 8 | Humana medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1,647 | $1,647 | $1,647 – $1,647 |
| 9 | Humana medicare advantage ppo case rate · outpatient | $1,647 | $1,647 | $1,647 – $1,647 |
| 10 | Molina medicare advantage case rate · outpatient | $1,663 | $1,663 | $1,663 – $1,663 |
| 11 | WellCare medicare advantage hmo case rate · outpatient | $1,663 | $1,663 | $1,663 – $1,663 |
| 12 | Aetna whole health percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,652 | $1,665 | $1,652 – $1,705 |
| 13 | WellCare medicare advantage mmp case rate · outpatient | $1,742 | $1,742 | $1,742 – $1,742 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage ppo case rate · outpatient | $1,758 | $1,758 | $1,758 – $1,758 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage hmo case rate · outpatient | $1,790 | $1,790 | $1,790 – $1,790 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield exchange case rate · outpatient | $1,876 | $1,876 | $1,876 – $1,876 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,859 | $2,033 | $1,859 – $2,555 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare all payer percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,081 | $2,081 | $2,081 – $2,081 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,068 | $2,190 | $2,068 – $2,555 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,205 | $2,205 | $2,205 – $2,205 |
| 21 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,203 | $2,220 | $2,203 – $2,273 |
| 22 | Cigna oap/hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,224 | $2,224 | $2,224 – $2,224 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare all payer case rate · outpatient | $2,380 | $2,380 | $2,380 – $2,380 |
| 24 | Phcs ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,796 | $2,796 | $2,796 – $2,796 |
| 25 | Cigna ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,804 | $2,804 | $2,804 – $2,804 |
Last updated: Apr 21, 2026
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