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 PLEURAL DRAINAGE W/ IMG
Round Rock, TX
See all hospitals reporting CPT 32557 →Price type
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock’s median price of $1.8k is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 49% 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: 8 payers, 35 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.
Filter by billing methodology
Filter by billing class
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $71.00 | $71.00 | $71.00 – $71.00 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue premier/high performance network/my bluehealth facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $75.00 | $75.00 | $75.00 – $75.00 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue essentials (hmo) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $81.00 | $81.00 | $81.00 – $81.00 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice (ppo) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $85.00 | $85.00 | $85.00 – $85.00 |
| 5 | Superior Healthplan medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $446.27 | $446.27 | $446.27 – $446.27 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid/chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $477.51 | $477.51 | $477.51 – $477.51 |
| 7 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw premier - large group/bsw premier direct to employer (rate 1)/bswh employee facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,038 | $1,023 | $957.47 – $1,038 |
| 8 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw plus - large group/bsw premier direct to employer (rate 2) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,221 | $1,204 | $1,126 – $1,221 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,211 | $1,211 | $1,211 – $1,211 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue premier/high performance network/my bluehealth facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,211 | $1,211 | $1,211 – $1,211 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,298 | $1,298 | $1,298 – $1,298 |
| 12 | Cigna local plus facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,321 | $1,321 | $1,321 – $1,321 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue essentials (hmo) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,395 | $1,395 | $1,395 – $1,395 |
| 14 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,448 | $1,448 | $1,448 – $1,448 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice (ppo) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,474 | $1,474 | $1,474 – $1,474 |
| 16 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,502 | $1,502 | $1,502 – $1,502 |
| 17 | Cigna hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,553 | $1,553 | $1,553 – $1,553 |
| 18 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,581 | $1,581 | $1,581 – $1,581 |
| 19 | Superior Healthplan medicare hmo/medicare ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,581 | $1,581 | $1,581 – $1,581 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,660 | $1,660 | $1,660 – $1,660 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,771 | $1,771 | $1,771 – $1,771 |
| 22 | First Health ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,842 | $1,842 | $1,842 – $1,842 |
| 23 | First Health ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,842 | $1,842 | $1,842 – $1,842 |
| 24 | Humana commercial ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,842 | $1,842 | $1,842 – $1,842 |
| 25 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw premier - small group facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,898 | $1,898 | $1,898 – $1,898 |
Last updated: Jun 13, 2026
See Image-guided pleural catheter placement pricing across every hospital in the network reporting it, or ask Claude or any MCP client directly — see how to connect.