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
Shelby, NC
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Atrium Health Hospitals Inc’s median price of $1.5k is 22% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 25% 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: 14 payers, 52 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 | Bcbs Nc local individual commercial fee schedule · both | $419.75 | $419.75 | $419.75 – $419.75 |
| 9 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $454.82 | $454.82 | $454.82 – $454.82 |
| 10 | WellCare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $463.52 | $463.52 | $463.52 – $463.52 |
| 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 | Bcbs Nc local individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $582.15 | $582.15 | $582.15 – $582.15 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $674.66 | $674.66 | $674.66 – $674.66 |
| 15 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $752.34 | $752.34 | $752.34 – $752.34 |
| 16 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $854.20 | $854.20 | $854.20 – $854.20 |
| 17 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $976.69 | $976.69 | $976.69 – $976.69 |
| 18 | Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $989.91 | $989.91 | $989.91 – $989.91 |
| 19 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,030 | $1,030 | $1,030 – $1,030 |
| 20 | Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,170 | $1,170 | $1,170 – $1,170 |
| 21 | Aetna whole health hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,186 | $1,186 | $1,186 – $1,186 |
| 22 | Aetna whole health hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,238 | $1,238 | $1,238 – $1,238 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare iex commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,296 | $1,296 | $1,296 – $1,296 |
| 24 | Aetna north carolina preferred plus commercial fee schedule · both | $1,302 | $1,302 | $1,302 – $1,302 |
| 25 | Cigna commercial nb percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,396 | $1,396 | $1,396 – $1,396 |
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025
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