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/IMAGING GUIDANCE
Dallas, TX
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Baylor University Medical Center’s median price of $2.6k is 39% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 76% 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: 11 payers, 44 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 | $446.27 | $446.27 | $446.27 – $446.27 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid/chip facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $477.51 | $477.51 | $477.51 – $477.51 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,343 | $1,343 | $1,306 – $1,381 |
| 4 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,502 | $1,502 | $1,502 – $1,502 |
| 5 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,581 | $1,581 | $1,581 – $1,581 |
| 6 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,581 | $1,581 | $1,581 – $1,581 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,660 | $1,660 | $1,660 – $1,660 |
| 8 | Molina medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,660 | $1,660 | $1,660 – $1,660 |
| 9 | Superior Healthplan medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,660 | $1,660 | $1,660 – $1,660 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,771 | $1,771 | $1,771 – $1,771 |
| 11 | Cigna local plus facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,840 | $1,840 | $1,840 – $1,840 |
| 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 | $1,903 | $1,892 | $1,840 – $1,903 |
| 13 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw premier - small group facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,898 | $1,898 | $1,898 – $1,898 |
| 14 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw premier - individual facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,985 | $1,985 | $1,985 – $1,985 |
| 15 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,052 | $2,052 | $2,052 – $2,052 |
| 16 | Cigna hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,164 | $2,164 | $2,164 – $2,164 |
| 17 | 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 | $2,239 | $2,225 | $2,164 – $2,239 |
| 18 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,239 | $2,239 | $2,239 – $2,239 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare charter facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,321 | $2,321 | $2,321 – $2,321 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare nexus facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,321 | $2,321 | $2,321 – $2,321 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue premier/high performance network/my bluehealth facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,351 | $2,351 | $1,940 – $2,761 |
| 22 | Ambetter ambetter exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,426 | $2,426 | $2,426 – $2,426 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield city of dallas facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,556 | $2,556 | $2,500 – $2,612 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare commercial broad facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,579 | $2,579 | $2,579 – $2,579 |
| 25 | Baylor Scott White Health Plan bsw plus - small group facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,609 | $2,609 | $2,609 – $2,609 |
Last updated: Jun 29, 2026
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