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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Aspirate Pleura W Imaging RT
O'Neill, NE
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Avera St. Anthony's Hospital’s median price of $675 is 31% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 27% 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: 4 payers, 16 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 | Wellmark hmo inpatient | $19.43 | $19.43 | $19.43 – $19.43 |
| 2 | Medica com fee schedule · both | $224.99 | $224.99 | $224.99 – $224.99 |
| 3 | Medica ind fee schedule · both | $224.99 | $224.99 | $224.99 – $224.99 |
| 4 | Healthpartners com fee schedule · both | $239.18 | $239.18 | $239.18 – $239.18 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare com fee schedule · both | $313.24 | $313.24 | $313.24 – $313.24 |
| 6 | Medica ind percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $526.50 | $598.43 | $461.50 – $824.85 |
| 7 | Medica ind percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $538.65 | $612.24 | $472.15 – $843.88 |
| 8 | Medica com percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $625.32 | $710.76 | $548.12 – $979.67 |
| 9 | Medica com percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $639.90 | $727.33 | $560.90 – $1,003 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare com percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $690.93 | $785.33 | $605.63 – $1,082 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare com percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $690.93 | $785.33 | $605.63 – $1,082 |
| 12 | Healthpartners com percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $769.50 | $874.63 | $674.50 – $1,206 |
| 13 | Healthpartners com percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $769.50 | $874.63 | $674.50 – $1,206 |
| 14 | Wellmark ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $769.50 | $874.63 | $674.50 – $1,206 |
| 15 | Wellmark ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $769.50 | $874.63 | $674.50 – $1,206 |
| 16 | Wellmark ppo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,068 | $1,844 | $1,396 – $2,068 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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