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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Thoracentesis w guidance bil
MIAMI, FL
See all hospitals reporting CPT 32555 →Price type
Baptist Hospital Of Miami’s median price of $1.2k is 23% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 60% 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: 10 payers, 38 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 | UnitedHealthcare nhp hmo case rate · both | $539.00 | $539.00 | $539.00 – $539.00 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare united hmo case rate · both | $539.00 | $539.00 | $539.00 – $539.00 |
| 3 | Medicaid simplyhlth md hmo nc fee schedule · both | $640.35 | $747.08 | $640.35 – $960.53 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield my blue ex percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $749.27 | $749.27 | $499.45 – $999.08 |
| 5 | Medicare simplyhlth mc hmo nc fee schedule · both | $655.08 | $764.26 | $655.08 – $982.62 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare united healthy kids fee schedule · both | $672.37 | $784.43 | $672.37 – $1,009 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare united md hmo fee schedule · both | $672.37 | $784.43 | $672.37 – $1,009 |
| 8 | WellCare well care md hmonc fee schedule · both | $672.37 | $784.43 | $672.37 – $1,009 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs medicare ppo fee schedule · both | $678.01 | $791.01 | $678.01 – $1,017 |
| 10 | Aetna aetna better health healthy kids fee schedule · both | $691.58 | $806.84 | $691.58 – $1,037 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna better health medicaid fee schedule · both | $691.58 | $806.84 | $691.58 – $1,037 |
| 12 | Medica medica mcr hmo fee schedule · both | $700.93 | $817.75 | $700.93 – $1,051 |
| 13 | Medicaid prestige md hmo nc fee schedule · both | $704.39 | $821.79 | $704.39 – $1,057 |
| 14 | Humana careplus mc hmo fee schedule · both | $714.04 | $833.04 | $714.04 – $1,071 |
| 15 | Humana humana medicare fee schedule · both | $714.04 | $833.04 | $714.04 – $1,071 |
| 16 | Aetna aetna medicare fee schedule · both | $733.69 | $855.97 | $733.69 – $1,101 |
| 17 | Cigna cigna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $746.79 | $871.26 | $746.79 – $1,120 |
| 18 | Medicare devoted health mc hmo fee schedule · both | $884.36 | $1,032 | $884.36 – $1,327 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare united hlth mc hmo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,360 | $1,360 | $906.52 – $1,813 |
| 20 | Aetna aetna hmo exchange percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,646 | $1,646 | $1,097 – $2,195 |
| 21 | Cigna cigna connect network exchange percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,646 | $1,646 | $1,097 – $2,195 |
| 22 | Cigna cigna hmo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,530 | $1,711 | $779.49 – $3,003 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,819 | $1,819 | $1,213 – $2,426 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs fl simplyblue hmo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,906 | $1,906 | $1,270 – $2,541 |
| 25 | Aetna aetna catastrophic percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,209 | $2,209 | $1,472 – $2,945 |
Last updated: Mar 30, 2026
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