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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32550 - INSERTION INDWELLING TUNNELED PLEURAL CATHETER
Smith, AR
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Baptist Health - Fort Smith’s median price of $4.5k is 15% above the median hospital's median price ($3.9k), higher than 61% of the 2,176 hospitals reporting CPT 32550. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 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 | Caresource all fee schedule · outpatient | $318 | $318 | — | — | — | $318 – $318 |
| 2 | Humana all fee schedule · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all fee schedule · outpatient | $3.5k | $3.5k | — | — | — | $3.5k – $3.5k |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all fee schedule · outpatient | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 5 | WellCare all fee schedule · outpatient | $3.7k | $3.7k | — | — | — | $3.7k – $3.7k |
| 6 | Ambetter all fee schedule · outpatient | $5.5k | $5.5k | — | — | — | $5.5k – $5.5k |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all case rate · outpatient | $5.7k | $5.7k | — | — | — | $5.7k – $5.7k |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all case rate · outpatient | $5.7k | $5.7k | $74 | 1% | — | $5.6k – $5.7k |
| 9 | Cigna all case rate · outpatient | $8.5k | $8.5k | — | — | — | $8.5k – $8.5k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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