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.
Original text from hospital filings
HC THORACENTESIS NEEDLE/CATH PLEURA W/IMAGING
Beach, FL
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Baptist Medical Center of Nassau, INC’s median price of $1.2k is 27% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 62% 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: 11 payers, 34 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 medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $626.80 | $626.80 | $626.80 – $626.80 |
| 2 | Humana managed medicaid facility · case rate · outpatient | $630.56 | $630.56 | $630.56 – $630.56 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $633.01 | $633.01 | $633.01 – $633.01 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid facility · case rate · outpatient | $693.62 | $693.62 | $693.62 – $693.62 |
| 5 | Molina managed medicaid facility · case rate · outpatient | $750.37 | $750.37 | $750.37 – $750.37 |
| 6 | Aetna Better Health healthy kids facility · case rate · outpatient | $756.67 | $756.67 | $756.67 – $756.67 |
| 7 | Aetna Better Health managed medicaid facility · case rate · outpatient | $756.67 | $756.67 | $756.67 – $756.67 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $936.41 | $936.41 | $936.41 – $936.41 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select - adult facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $955.78 | $955.78 | $955.78 – $955.78 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield my blue - adult facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $955.78 | $955.78 | $955.78 – $955.78 |
| 11 | Aetna gatekeeper facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,195 | $1,195 | $1,195 – $1,195 |
| 12 | Aetna whole health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,195 | $1,195 | $1,195 – $1,195 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select - child facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,195 | $1,195 | $1,195 – $1,195 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,195 | $1,195 | $1,195 – $1,195 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo - child facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,195 | $1,195 | $1,195 – $1,195 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield my blue - child facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,195 | $1,195 | $1,195 – $1,195 |
| 17 | Aetna non-gatekeeper facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,421 | $1,421 | $1,421 – $1,421 |
| 18 | Ambetter marketplace - all products facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,489 | $1,489 | $1,489 – $1,489 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield indemnity facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,585 | $1,585 | $1,585 – $1,585 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield network blue facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,585 | $1,585 | $1,585 – $1,585 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,585 | $1,585 | $1,585 – $1,585 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare all products facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,585 | $1,585 | $1,585 – $1,585 |
| 23 | Aetna src and nap facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,647 | $1,647 | $1,647 – $1,647 |
| 24 | Cigna gatekeeper new business facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,002 | $2,002 | $2,002 – $2,002 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed wc facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,099 | $2,099 | $2,099 – $2,099 |
Last updated: Feb 6, 2026
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