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
Aberdeen, SD
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Avera St. Luke's’s median price of $2.0k is 107% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 84% 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, 9 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 | Healthpartners com percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,748 | $1,462 | $424.32 – $1,927 |
| 2 | Medica ind percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,014 | $1,685 | $489.06 – $2,221 |
| 3 | Medica ind percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,024 | $1,693 | $491.40 – $2,231 |
| 4 | Medica com percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,368 | $1,980 | $574.86 – $2,610 |
| 5 | Medica com percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,393 | $2,002 | $581.10 – $2,639 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare com percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,442 | $2,042 | $592.80 – $2,692 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare com percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,442 | $2,042 | $592.80 – $2,692 |
| 8 | Wellmark hmo outpatient | $2,045 | $2,045 | $588.97 – $3,501 |
| 9 | Wellmark ppo case rate · outpatient | $2,045 | $2,045 | $588.97 – $3,501 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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