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 DRAINAGE, PERC, W CATH PLMNT; IMAGING GUID
Monroe, LA
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Brfhh Monroe, Llc’s median price of $1.4k is 24% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 23% 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: 10 payers, 17 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 | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 3 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $673.75 | $673.75 | $539.00 – $808.50 |
| 4 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $867.00 | $867.00 | $867.00 – $867.00 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $888.75 | $888.75 | $711.00 – $1,067 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $814.75 | $893.71 | $623.00 – $1,378 |
| 7 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $1,034 | $1,034 | $689.09 – $1,378 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $1,034 | $1,034 | $689.09 – $1,378 |
| 9 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $1,067 | $1,101 | $711.00 – $1,524 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,412 | $1,325 | $359.35 – $2,118 |
| 11 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,412 | $1,325 | $359.35 – $2,118 |
| 12 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $1,363 | $1,367 | $689.09 – $2,044 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,468 | $1,616 | $1,412 – $2,118 |
| 14 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,412 | $1,647 | $1,412 – $2,118 |
| 15 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,412 | $1,647 | $1,412 – $2,118 |
| 16 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,949 | $2,273 | $1,949 – $2,923 |
| 17 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $3,017 | $3,752 | $2,206 – $6,033 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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