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
Aspirate pleura w/ imaging
Dover, DE
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Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus’s median price of $881 is 10% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 45% 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: 4 payers, 6 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 | Amerihealth Caritas medicaid managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $175.69 | $175.69 | $175.69 – $175.69 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $699.57 | $699.57 | $699.57 – $699.57 |
| 3 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $713.56 | $713.56 | $713.56 – $713.56 |
| 4 | Ambetter exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $1,049 | $1,049 | $1,049 – $1,049 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark aca exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $2,913 | $2,913 | $2,913 – $2,913 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark non-aca all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3,272 | $3,272 | $3,272 – $3,272 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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