APC 5181
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
IR Thoracentesis w Imging Guidance
Brandon, MS
See all hospitals reporting APC 5181 →Price type
Brandon HMA LLC’s median price of $609 is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($719), higher than 10% of the 677 hospitals reporting APC 5181. 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, 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.
Filter by billing methodology
Filter by billing class
| # | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Humana node humana mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $597 | $597 | — | — | — | $597 – $597 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare node uhc mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $597 | $597 | — | — | — | $597 – $597 |
| 3 | Optum node united optum va ccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $607 | $607 | — | — | — | $607 – $607 |
| 4 | Devoted node devoted health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $609 | $609 | — | — | — | $609 – $609 |
| 5 | Molina node molina mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $609 | $609 | — | — | — | $609 – $609 |
| 6 | Aetna node first choice aetna mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $615 | $615 | — | — | — | $615 – $615 |
| 7 | WellCare node first choice wellcare mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $619 | $619 | — | — | — | $619 – $619 |
| 8 | Molina molina exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $851 | $851 | — | — | — | $851 – $851 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ms fmp facility · other · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
See Level 1 vascular procedure pricing across every hospital in the network reporting it, or ask Claude or any MCP client directly — see how to connect.