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 IR THORACENTESIS W IMAGE RT
Temple, TX
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Baylor Scott & White Continuing Care Hospital’s median price of $1.5k is 55% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 72% 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: 7 payers, 13 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 | Superior Healthplan medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $223.75 | $223.75 | $223.75 – $223.75 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,082 | $1,082 | $1,082 – $1,082 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,212 | $1,212 | $1,212 – $1,212 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue premier/high performance network/my bluehealth facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,212 | $1,212 | $1,212 – $1,212 |
| 5 | Cigna local plus/market solutions facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,385 | $1,385 | $1,385 – $1,385 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue essentials (hmo) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,407 | $1,407 | $1,407 – $1,407 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice (ppo) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,472 | $1,472 | $1,472 – $1,472 |
| 8 | First Health ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,515 | $1,515 | $1,515 – $1,515 |
| 9 | First Health ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,515 | $1,515 | $1,515 – $1,515 |
| 10 | Humana commercial ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,515 | $1,515 | $1,515 – $1,515 |
| 11 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,623 | $1,623 | $1,623 – $1,623 |
| 12 | Cigna hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,623 | $1,623 | $1,623 – $1,623 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,501 | $2,501 | $2,501 – $2,501 |
Last updated: Jun 12, 2026
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