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
Pierre, SD
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Avera St. Mary's Hospital’s median price of $1.1k is 15% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 57% 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, 14 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 | Medica com fee schedule · both | $224.99 | $224.99 | $224.99 – $224.99 |
| 2 | Medica ind fee schedule · both | $224.99 | $224.99 | $224.99 – $224.99 |
| 3 | Healthpartners com fee schedule · both | $239.18 | $239.18 | $239.18 – $239.18 |
| 4 | Wellmark ppo fee schedule · both | $242.00 | $242.00 | $242.00 – $242.00 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare com fee schedule · both | $313.24 | $313.24 | $313.24 – $313.24 |
| 6 | Wellmark hmo outpatient | $1,009 | $1,009 | $384.00 – $1,635 |
| 7 | Wellmark ppo case rate · outpatient | $1,009 | $1,009 | $384.00 – $1,635 |
| 8 | Healthpartners com percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,365 | $1,365 | $825.79 – $1,903 |
| 9 | Medica ind percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,573 | $1,573 | $951.79 – $2,194 |
| 10 | Medica ind percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,580 | $1,580 | $956.34 – $2,204 |
| 11 | Medica com percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,849 | $1,849 | $1,119 – $2,579 |
| 12 | Medica com percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,869 | $1,869 | $1,131 – $2,607 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare com percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,906 | $1,906 | $1,154 – $2,659 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare com percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,906 | $1,906 | $1,154 – $2,659 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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