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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HC ED 32555-THORACENTESIS W IMAGING
Carthage, MS
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Baptist Memorial Hospital - Leake’s median price of $1.9k is 91% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 80% 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, 19 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 commercial facility · per diem · outpatient | $200.00 | $200.00 | $200.00 – $200.00 |
| 2 | Molina medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $551.85 | $551.85 | $551.85 – $551.85 |
| 3 | Molina chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $946.80 | $946.80 | $946.80 – $946.80 |
| 4 | Tricare tricare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $987.09 | $987.09 | $987.09 – $987.09 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare aarp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,039 | $1,039 | $1,039 – $1,039 |
| 6 | Devoted medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,060 | $1,060 | $1,060 – $1,060 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,070 | $1,070 | $1,070 – $1,070 |
| 8 | Aetna medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,091 | $1,091 | $1,091 – $1,091 |
| 9 | Cigna medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,091 | $1,091 | $1,091 – $1,091 |
| 10 | Humana medicare pho facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,091 | $1,091 | $1,091 – $1,091 |
| 11 | WellCare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,091 | $1,091 | $1,091 – $1,091 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,095 | $1,095 | $1,095 – $1,095 |
| 13 | Molina exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,922 | $1,922 | $1,922 – $1,922 |
| 14 | MultiPlan complementary network facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,139 | $2,139 | $2,139 – $2,139 |
| 15 | MultiPlan complementary network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,139 | $2,139 | $2,139 – $2,139 |
| 16 | MultiPlan mpi primary network facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,139 | $2,139 | $2,139 – $2,139 |
| 17 | MultiPlan mpi primary network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,139 | $2,139 | $2,139 – $2,139 |
| 18 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,445 | $2,445 | $2,445 – $2,445 |
| 19 | Humana ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,598 | $2,598 | $2,598 – $2,598 |
Last updated: Feb 20, 2026
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