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 PBB THORACENTESIS NEEDLE/CATH PLEURA W/IMAGING
San Antonio, TX
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Bexar County Hospital District’s median price of $726 is 26% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 32% 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: 11 payers, 29 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 | First Health managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $223.75 | $223.75 | $223.75 – $223.75 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $223.75 | $223.75 | $223.75 – $223.75 |
| 3 | Superior Healthplan managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $230.46 | $230.46 | $230.46 – $230.46 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $234.94 | $234.94 | $223.75 – $246.13 |
| 5 | Molina managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $237.18 | $237.18 | $237.18 – $237.18 |
| 6 | Aetna Better Health managed medicaid and chip fee schedule · outpatient | $268.50 | $268.50 | $268.50 – $268.50 |
| 7 | First Health commercial case rate · outpatient | $369.00 | $369.00 | $369.00 – $369.00 |
| 8 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $580.53 | $580.53 | $580.53 – $580.53 |
| 9 | First Health medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $580.53 | $580.53 | $580.53 – $580.53 |
| 10 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $580.53 | $580.53 | $580.53 – $580.53 |
| 11 | MultiPlan medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $580.53 | $580.53 | $580.53 – $580.53 |
| 12 | Superior Healthplan medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $580.53 | $580.53 | $580.53 – $580.53 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $580.53 | $580.53 | $580.53 – $580.53 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $592.14 | $592.14 | $592.14 – $592.14 |
| 15 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $597.95 | $597.95 | $597.95 – $597.95 |
| 16 | WellCare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $597.95 | $597.95 | $597.95 – $597.95 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo case rate · outpatient | $756.61 | $756.61 | $756.61 – $756.61 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo case rate · outpatient | $794.44 | $794.44 | $794.44 – $794.44 |
| 19 | Molina commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $928.85 | $928.85 | $928.85 – $928.85 |
| 20 | First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $940.50 | $940.50 | $940.50 – $940.50 |
| 21 | First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $940.50 | $940.50 | $940.50 – $940.50 |
| 22 | MultiPlan primary network percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,073 | $1,073 | $1,073 – $1,073 |
| 23 | MultiPlan primary network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,073 | $1,073 | $1,073 – $1,073 |
| 24 | MultiPlan complementary network percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,155 | $1,155 | $1,155 – $1,155 |
| 25 | MultiPlan complementary network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,155 | $1,155 | $1,155 – $1,155 |
Last updated: Oct 14, 2025
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