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
HC INSERT CATH PLEURA W/ IMAGE
Lincolnton, NC
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Atrium Health Hospitals Inc’s median price of $1.3k is 29% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 20% 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: 13 payers, 56 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 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $131.61 | $131.61 | $131.61 – $131.61 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $131.61 | $131.61 | $131.61 – $131.61 |
| 3 | WellCare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $131.61 | $131.61 | $131.61 – $131.61 |
| 4 | Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $136.21 | $136.21 | $136.21 – $136.21 |
| 5 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $138.93 | $138.93 | $138.93 – $138.93 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $140.98 | $140.98 | $140.98 – $140.98 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · both | $141.37 | $141.37 | $141.37 – $141.37 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $363.60 | $363.60 | $363.60 – $363.60 |
| 9 | WellCare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $370.37 | $370.37 | $370.37 – $370.37 |
| 10 | Bcbs Nc local individual commercial fee schedule · both | $419.75 | $419.75 | $419.75 – $419.75 |
| 11 | Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both | $522.67 | $522.67 | $522.67 – $522.67 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both | $533.75 | $533.75 | $533.75 – $533.75 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $536.05 | $536.05 | $536.05 – $536.05 |
| 14 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $854.20 | $854.20 | $854.20 – $854.20 |
| 15 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $924.15 | $924.15 | $924.15 – $924.15 |
| 16 | Bcbs Nc local individual commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $974.11 | $974.11 | $974.11 – $974.11 |
| 17 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $976.69 | $976.69 | $976.69 – $976.69 |
| 18 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,054 | $1,054 | $1,054 – $1,054 |
| 19 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,080 | $1,080 | $1,080 – $1,080 |
| 20 | Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,199 | $1,199 | $1,199 – $1,199 |
| 21 | Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,199 | $1,199 | $1,199 – $1,199 |
| 22 | Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,216 | $1,216 | $1,216 – $1,216 |
| 23 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,246 | $1,246 | $1,246 – $1,246 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare iex commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,296 | $1,296 | $1,296 – $1,296 |
| 25 | Aetna north carolina preferred plus fee schedule · both | $1,302 | $1,302 | $1,302 – $1,302 |
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025
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