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 THORACENTESIS ASPIR W IMAG GUID
BRISTOL, TN
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Bristol Regional Medical Center’s median price of $708 is 28% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 31% of the 2,453 hospitals reporting CPT 32555. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 36 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 | UnitedHealthcare tenncare united healthcare case rate · both | $564.00 | $564.00 | $564.00 – $564.00 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tenncare blue care case rate · both | $578.00 | $578.00 | $578.00 – $578.00 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tenncare blue select case rate · both | $578.00 | $578.00 | $578.00 – $578.00 |
| 4 | Aetna aetna healthcare medicare fee schedule · both | $595.09 | $595.09 | $595.09 – $595.09 |
| 5 | Humana humana medicare fee schedule · both | $595.09 | $595.09 | $595.09 – $595.09 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicare fee schedule · both | $595.09 | $595.09 | $595.09 – $595.09 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna better health of virginia medicare fee schedule · both | $612.94 | $612.94 | $612.94 – $612.94 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem medicare virginia fee schedule · both | $612.94 | $612.94 | $612.94 – $612.94 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross medicare fee schedule · both | $618.90 | $618.90 | $618.90 – $618.90 |
| 10 | Cigna cigna medicare fee schedule · both | $624.85 | $624.85 | $624.85 – $624.85 |
| 11 | Devoted devoted health plan medicare fee schedule · both | $624.85 | $624.85 | $624.85 – $624.85 |
| 12 | Molina molina healthcare medicare fee schedule · both | $624.85 | $624.85 | $624.85 – $624.85 |
| 13 | WellCare wellcare medicare fee schedule · both | $630.80 | $630.80 | $630.80 – $630.80 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare uhc heritage select case rate · both | $650.00 | $650.00 | $650.00 – $650.00 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare uhc heritage river valley case rate · both | $679.00 | $679.00 | $679.00 – $679.00 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross e network case rate · both | $736.00 | $736.00 | $736.00 – $736.00 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross p network case rate · both | $753.00 | $753.00 | $753.00 – $753.00 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross s network case rate · both | $753.00 | $753.00 | $753.00 – $753.00 |
| 19 | Aetna aetna percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,093 | $1,093 | $1,093 – $1,093 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare case rate · both | $1,101 | $1,101 | $1,101 – $1,101 |
| 21 | Medcost medcost vhn percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,218 | $1,218 | $1,218 – $1,218 |
| 22 | Ambetter ambetter fee schedule · both | $1,297 | $1,297 | $1,297 – $1,297 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem hlthkeep mediciad fee schedule · both | $1,303 | $1,303 | $1,303 – $1,303 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid virginia fee schedule · both | $1,303 | $1,303 | $1,303 – $1,303 |
| 25 | Aetna aetna better health of virginia fee schedule · both | $1,316 | $1,316 | $1,316 – $1,316 |
Last updated: Mar 23, 2026
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