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
PR THORACENTESIS NEEDLE/CATH PLEURA W/O IMAGING
Quincy, IL
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Blessing Hospital’s median price of $1.5k is 72% above the median hospital's median price ($856), higher than 77% of the 2,203 hospitals reporting CPT 32554. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Jun 8, 2026
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