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
Wadesboro, NC
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Atrium Health Hospitals Inc’s median price of $1.5k is 18% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 30% 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 | WellCare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $130.31 | $130.31 | $130.31 – $130.31 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $131.61 | $131.61 | $131.61 – $131.61 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare 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 | $482.22 | $482.22 | $482.22 – $482.22 |
| 10 | WellCare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $491.25 | $491.25 | $491.25 – $491.25 |
| 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 | $712.37 | $712.37 | $712.37 – $712.37 |
| 14 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $854.20 | $854.20 | $854.20 – $854.20 |
| 15 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $976.69 | $976.69 | $976.69 – $976.69 |
| 16 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $986.04 | $986.04 | $986.04 – $986.04 |
| 17 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,030 | $1,030 | $1,030 – $1,030 |
| 18 | Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,199 | $1,199 | $1,199 – $1,199 |
| 19 | Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,199 | $1,199 | $1,199 – $1,199 |
| 20 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,292 | $1,292 | $1,292 – $1,292 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare iex commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,296 | $1,296 | $1,296 – $1,296 |
| 22 | Aetna north carolina preferred plus fee schedule · both | $1,302 | $1,302 | $1,302 – $1,302 |
| 23 | Bcbs Nc local individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,380 | $1,380 | $1,380 – $1,380 |
| 24 | Cigna commercial nb percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,396 | $1,396 | $1,396 – $1,396 |
| 25 | Cigna commercial nb percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,396 | $1,396 | $1,396 – $1,396 |
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025
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