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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Pleural drainage w guidance bil
MIAMI, FL
See all hospitals reporting CPT 32557 →Price type
Baptist Hospital Of Miami’s median price of $2.7k is 43% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 78% of the 2,232 hospitals reporting CPT 32557. 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, 36 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 | $640.35 | $640.35 – $640.35 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthy kids fee schedule · both | $672.37 | $672.37 | $672.37 – $672.37 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare united md hmo fee schedule · both | $672.37 | $672.37 | $672.37 – $672.37 |
| 6 | WellCare well care md hmonc fee schedule · both | $672.37 | $672.37 | $672.37 – $672.37 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna better health healthy kids fee schedule · both | $691.58 | $691.58 | $691.58 – $691.58 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna better health medicaid fee schedule · both | $691.58 | $691.58 | $691.58 – $691.58 |
| 9 | Medicaid prestige md hmo nc fee schedule · both | $704.39 | $704.39 | $704.39 – $704.39 |
| 10 | Medicare simplyhlth mc hmo nc fee schedule · both | $1,644 | $1,644 | $1,644 – $1,644 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs medicare ppo fee schedule · both | $1,701 | $1,701 | $1,701 – $1,701 |
| 12 | Medica medica mcr hmo fee schedule · both | $1,759 | $1,759 | $1,759 – $1,759 |
| 13 | Humana careplus mc hmo fee schedule · both | $1,792 | $1,792 | $1,792 – $1,792 |
| 14 | Humana humana medicare fee schedule · both | $1,792 | $1,792 | $1,792 – $1,792 |
| 15 | Aetna aetna medicare fee schedule · both | $1,841 | $1,841 | $1,841 – $1,841 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield my blue ex percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,852 | $1,852 | $1,234 – $2,469 |
| 17 | Cigna cigna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $1,874 | $1,874 | $1,874 – $1,874 |
| 18 | Medicare devoted health mc hmo fee schedule · both | $2,219 | $2,219 | $2,219 – $2,219 |
| 19 | Cigna cigna hmo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,890 | $2,890 | $1,926 – $3,853 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare united hlth mc hmo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $3,361 | $3,361 | $2,240 – $4,481 |
| 21 | Aetna aetna hmo exchange percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $4,067 | $4,067 | $2,711 – $5,423 |
| 22 | Cigna cigna connect network exchange percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $4,067 | $4,067 | $2,711 – $5,423 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $4,495 | $4,495 | $2,997 – $5,993 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs fl simplyblue hmo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $4,709 | $4,709 | $3,139 – $6,279 |
| 25 | Aetna aetna catastrophic percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $5,458 | $5,458 | $3,639 – $7,278 |
Last updated: Mar 30, 2026
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