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
PLEURAL DRAINAGE W/GUIDANCE
Kittanning, PA
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Armstrong County Memorial Hospital’s median price of $1.6k is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 35% 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, 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 | $1,348 | $1,348 | $1,348 – $1,348 |
| 2 | Highmark highmark mcr community/complete blue facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,391 | $1,391 | $1,391 – $1,391 |
| 3 | Aetna aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,509 | $1,509 | $1,509 – $1,509 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,509 | $1,509 | $1,509 – $1,509 |
| 5 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,533 | $1,533 | $1,533 – $1,533 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare va ccn optum facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,533 | $1,533 | $1,533 – $1,533 |
| 7 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,564 | $1,564 | $1,564 – $1,564 |
| 8 | Highmark highmark mcr security blue facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,580 | $1,580 | $1,580 – $1,580 |
| 9 | Highmark highmark wholecare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,608 | $1,608 | $1,608 – $1,608 |
| 10 | Highmark highmark chip / social mission facility · other · outpatient | $1,853 | $1,853 | $1,853 – $1,853 |
| 11 | Cigna cigna facility · other · outpatient | $2,344 | $2,344 | $2,344 – $2,344 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare united facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,517 | $2,517 | $2,517 – $2,517 |
| 13 | Highmark highmark aca / my direct blue / my blue access ppo facility · other · outpatient | $3,591 | $3,591 | $3,591 – $3,591 |
| 14 | Highmark highmark comm community blue facility · other · outpatient | $3,660 | $3,660 | $3,660 – $3,660 |
| 15 | Highmark highmark comm managed/indemnity facility · other · outpatient | $3,903 | $3,903 | $3,903 – $3,903 |
| 16 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,906 | $3,906 | $3,906 – $3,906 |
| 17 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,906 | $3,906 | $3,906 – $3,906 |
| 18 | MultiPlan multiplan professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,906 | $3,906 | $3,906 – $3,906 |
| 19 | Highmark highmark mcr snf episodic bundle facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,340 | $4,340 | $4,340 – $4,340 |
| 20 | Aetna aetna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,876 | $4,876 | $4,876 – $4,876 |
Last updated: Mar 2, 2026
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