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
Insert cath pleura w/ image
Dover, DE
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Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus’s median price of $2.2k is 19% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 64% 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: 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 | $239.74 | $239.74 | $239.74 – $239.74 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $1,756 | $1,756 | $1,756 – $1,756 |
| 3 | Amerihealth Caritas medicare managed care plan fee schedule · outpatient | $1,791 | $1,791 | $1,791 – $1,791 |
| 4 | Ambetter exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $2,633 | $2,633 | $2,633 – $2,633 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark aca exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $7,310 | $7,310 | $7,310 – $7,310 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield highmark non-aca all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $8,211 | $8,211 | $8,211 – $8,211 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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