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 PLEURAL CATH W/IMG
Martin, KY
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ARH Mary Breckinridge Health Services, Inc’s median price of $654 is 65% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 10% 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: 7 payers, 12 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 | Aetna Better Health medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $651.20 | $651.20 | $651.20 – $651.20 |
| 2 | Anthem medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $651.20 | $651.20 | $651.20 – $651.20 |
| 3 | Anthem medicare advantage percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $651.20 | $651.20 | $651.20 – $651.20 |
| 4 | Humana medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $651.20 | $651.20 | $651.20 – $651.20 |
| 5 | Humana medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $651.20 | $651.20 | $651.20 – $651.20 |
| 6 | Optum veterans affairs plan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $651.20 | $651.20 | $651.20 – $651.20 |
| 7 | WellCare medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $651.20 | $651.20 | $651.20 – $651.20 |
| 8 | WellCare medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $657.71 | $657.71 | $657.71 – $657.71 |
| 9 | Molina medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $664.22 | $664.22 | $664.22 – $664.22 |
| 10 | Aetna medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $846.56 | $846.56 | $846.56 – $846.56 |
| 11 | Anthem commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,732 | $2,732 | $2,704 – $2,759 |
| 12 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,865 | $2,865 | $2,865 – $2,865 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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