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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THORACENTESIS N/C ASP W GUIDE
Kittanning, PA
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Armstrong County Memorial Hospital’s median price of $828 is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 42% 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: 7 payers, 20 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 | Highmark highmark mcr freedom blue facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $536.67 | $536.67 | $536.67 – $536.67 |
| 2 | Highmark highmark mcr community/complete blue facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $553.50 | $553.50 | $553.50 – $553.50 |
| 3 | Aetna aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $601.23 | $601.23 | $601.23 – $601.23 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $601.23 | $601.23 | $601.23 – $601.23 |
| 5 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $611.01 | $611.01 | $611.01 – $611.01 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare va ccn optum facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $611.01 | $611.01 | $611.01 – $611.01 |
| 7 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $623.23 | $623.23 | $623.23 – $623.23 |
| 8 | Highmark highmark mcr security blue facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $628.98 | $628.98 | $628.98 – $628.98 |
| 9 | Highmark highmark wholecare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $640.89 | $640.89 | $640.89 – $640.89 |
| 10 | Highmark highmark chip / social mission facility · other · outpatient | $738.51 | $738.51 | $738.51 – $738.51 |
| 11 | Cigna cigna facility · other · outpatient | $1,278 | $1,278 | $1,278 – $1,278 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare united facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,372 | $1,372 | $1,372 – $1,372 |
| 13 | Highmark highmark aca / my direct blue / my blue access ppo facility · other · outpatient | $1,431 | $1,431 | $1,431 – $1,431 |
| 14 | Highmark highmark comm community blue facility · other · outpatient | $1,458 | $1,458 | $1,458 – $1,458 |
| 15 | Highmark highmark comm managed/indemnity facility · other · outpatient | $1,555 | $1,555 | $1,555 – $1,555 |
| 16 | Aetna aetna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,943 | $1,943 | $1,943 – $1,943 |
| 17 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,129 | $2,129 | $2,129 – $2,129 |
| 18 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,129 | $2,129 | $2,129 – $2,129 |
| 19 | MultiPlan multiplan professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,129 | $2,129 | $2,129 – $2,129 |
| 20 | Highmark highmark mcr snf episodic bundle facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,366 | $2,366 | $2,366 – $2,366 |
Last updated: Mar 2, 2026
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