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 THORACENTESIS W/O IMAGING
Monroe, LA
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Brfhh Monroe, Llc’s median price of $843 is about the same as the median hospital's median price ($838), higher than 50% of the 2,291 hospitals reporting CPT 32554. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 14 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 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $449 | $449 | $90 | 20% | — | $359 – $539 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $449 | $449 | $90 | 20% | — | $359 – $539 |
| 3 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $449 | $449 | $90 | 20% | — | $359 – $539 |
| 4 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $678 | $678 | $136 | 20% | — | $542 – $813 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $702 | $702 | $140 | 20% | — | $562 – $843 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $702 | $702 | $140 | 20% | — | $562 – $843 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $702 | $702 | $140 | 20% | — | $562 – $843 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $702 | $702 | $140 | 20% | — | $562 – $843 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $840 | $850 | $348 | 41% | — | $359 – $1.4k |
| 10 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | $217 | 20% | — | $867 – $1.3k |
| 11 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | $284 | 20% | — | $1.1k – $1.7k |
| 12 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | $284 | 20% | — | $1.1k – $1.7k |
| 13 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1.9k | $2.1k | $821 | 39% | — | $562 – $2.9k |
| 14 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $2.5k | $2.7k | $1.1k | 42% | — | $1.4k – $4.4k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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