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 DRAIN W CATH W IMAGE GUIDANCE
Morganton, NC
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Blue Ridge HealthCare Hospitals, Inc’s median price of $1.5k is 21% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 26% 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: 8 payers, 24 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 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $307.13 | $307.13 | $307.13 – $307.13 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare chip/medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $307.13 | $307.13 | $307.13 – $307.13 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $874.65 | $874.65 | $874.65 – $874.65 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $962.17 | $962.17 | $962.17 – $962.17 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select/hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,254 | $1,254 | $1,254 – $1,254 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select/hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,355 | $1,355 | $1,355 – $1,355 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,410 | $1,410 | $1,410 – $1,410 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,449 | $1,449 | $1,449 – $1,449 |
| 9 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,453 | $1,453 | $1,453 – $1,453 |
| 10 | Optum vaccn behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,453 | $1,453 | $1,453 – $1,453 |
| 11 | Humana medicare hmo/medicare ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,468 | $1,468 | $1,468 – $1,468 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,498 | $1,498 | $1,498 – $1,498 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,517 | $1,517 | $1,517 – $1,517 |
| 14 | Cigna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,526 | $1,526 | $1,526 – $1,526 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,526 | $1,526 | $1,526 – $1,526 |
| 16 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,541 | $1,541 | $1,541 – $1,541 |
| 17 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,625 | $1,625 | $1,625 – $1,625 |
| 18 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,639 | $1,639 | $1,639 – $1,639 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,734 | $1,734 | $1,734 – $1,734 |
| 20 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,802 | $1,802 | $1,802 – $1,802 |
| 21 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,821 | $1,821 | $1,821 – $1,821 |
| 22 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,848 | $1,848 | $1,848 – $1,848 |
| 23 | Medcost commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,916 | $1,916 | $1,916 – $1,916 |
| 24 | Medcost commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,930 | $1,930 | $1,930 – $1,930 |
Last updated: Jun 4, 2026
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