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.
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HC PERQ DRAINAGE PLEURA INSERT CATH W/IMAGING
San Antonio, TX
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Bexar County Hospital District’s median price of $1.8k is 6% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 46% 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, 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 commercial case rate · outpatient | $369.00 | $369.00 | $369.00 – $369.00 |
| 2 | First Health managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $446.27 | $446.27 | $446.27 – $446.27 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $446.27 | $446.27 | $446.27 – $446.27 |
| 4 | Superior Healthplan managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $459.66 | $459.66 | $459.66 – $459.66 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $468.59 | $468.59 | $446.27 – $490.90 |
| 6 | Molina managed medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $473.05 | $473.05 | $473.05 – $473.05 |
| 7 | Aetna Better Health managed medicaid and chip fee schedule · outpatient | $535.52 | $535.52 | $535.52 – $535.52 |
| 8 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,459 | $1,459 | $1,459 – $1,459 |
| 9 | First Health medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,459 | $1,459 | $1,459 – $1,459 |
| 10 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,459 | $1,459 | $1,459 – $1,459 |
| 11 | MultiPlan medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,459 | $1,459 | $1,459 – $1,459 |
| 12 | Superior Healthplan medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,459 | $1,459 | $1,459 – $1,459 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,459 | $1,459 | $1,459 – $1,459 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,488 | $1,488 | $1,488 – $1,488 |
| 15 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,502 | $1,502 | $1,502 – $1,502 |
| 16 | WellCare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,502 | $1,502 | $1,502 – $1,502 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $1,513 | $1,513 | $1,513 – $1,513 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo case rate · outpatient | $1,957 | $1,957 | $1,957 – $1,957 |
| 19 | First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,050 | $2,050 | $2,050 – $2,050 |
| 20 | First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,050 | $2,050 | $2,050 – $2,050 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo case rate · outpatient | $2,055 | $2,055 | $2,055 – $2,055 |
| 22 | Molina commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $2,334 | $2,334 | $2,334 – $2,334 |
| 23 | MultiPlan primary network percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,337 | $2,337 | $2,337 – $2,337 |
| 24 | MultiPlan primary network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,337 | $2,337 | $2,337 – $2,337 |
| 25 | MultiPlan complementary network percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,517 | $2,517 | $2,517 – $2,517 |
Last updated: Oct 14, 2025
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