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
Taylor, TX
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Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor’s median price of $1.4k is 22% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 24% 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, 32 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 | 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid/chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $477.51 | $477.51 | $477.51 – $477.51 |
| 6 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $500.05 | $500.05 | $500.05 – $500.05 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $552.69 | $552.69 | $552.69 – $552.69 |
| 8 | Superior Healthplan medicare hmo/medicare ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $580.32 | $580.32 | $580.32 – $580.32 |
| 9 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw premier - small group facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $631.64 | $631.64 | $631.64 – $631.64 |
| 10 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw premier - individual facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $660.59 | $660.59 | $660.59 – $660.59 |
| 11 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw plus - small group facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $947.47 | $947.47 | $947.47 – $947.47 |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,211 | $1,211 | $1,211 – $1,211 |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,298 | $1,298 | $1,298 – $1,298 |
| 17 | Cigna local plus facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,321 | $1,321 | $1,321 – $1,321 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue essentials (hmo) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,395 | $1,395 | $1,395 – $1,395 |
| 19 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,448 | $1,448 | $1,448 – $1,448 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bluechoice (ppo) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,474 | $1,474 | $1,474 – $1,474 |
| 21 | Cigna hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,553 | $1,553 | $1,553 – $1,553 |
| 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue premier/high performance network/my bluehealth facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,561 | $2,561 | $2,561 – $2,561 |
Last updated: Jun 12, 2026
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