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
Aspirate pleura w/ imaging
Cincinnati, OH
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Bethesda Hospital Inc.’s median price of $1.4k is 42% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 67% 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: 5 payers, 9 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 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $611.32 | $611.32 | $611.32 – $611.32 |
| 2 | Medical Mutual medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $623.55 | $623.55 | $623.55 – $623.55 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem ky pathway transition hmo exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $764.17 | $764.17 | $764.17 – $764.17 |
| 4 | Oscar all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $916.98 | $916.98 | $916.98 – $916.98 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem oh i and oh ii ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,321 | $1,321 | $1,321 – $1,321 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem blue connection hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,562 | $1,562 | $1,562 – $1,562 |
| 7 | Aetna all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $299.33 | $1,786 | $293.56 – $4,765 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem blue access ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,797 | $1,797 | $1,797 – $1,797 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,235 | $3,235 | $3,235 – $3,235 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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