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 PLURAL DRAIN CTH W IMG GUID
BRISTOL, TN
See all hospitals reporting CPT 32557 →Price type
Bristol Regional Medical Center’s median price of $1.5k is 17% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 31% 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: 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 | UnitedHealthcare uhc heritage select case rate · both | $650.00 | $650.00 | $650.00 – $650.00 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc heritage river valley case rate · both | $679.00 | $679.00 | $679.00 – $679.00 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tenncare blue care case rate · both | $775.00 | $775.00 | $775.00 – $775.00 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield tenncare blue select case rate · both | $775.00 | $775.00 | $775.00 – $775.00 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare case rate · both | $1,101 | $1,101 | $1,101 – $1,101 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem hlthkeep mediciad fee schedule · both | $1,303 | $1,303 | $1,303 – $1,303 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid virginia fee schedule · both | $1,303 | $1,303 | $1,303 – $1,303 |
| 9 | Aetna aetna better health of virginia fee schedule · both | $1,316 | $1,316 | $1,316 – $1,316 |
| 10 | Molina molina healthcare medicaid fee schedule · both | $1,328 | $1,328 | $1,328 – $1,328 |
| 11 | Cigna cigna individual family plan case rate · both | $1,463 | $1,463 | $1,463 – $1,463 |
| 12 | Aetna aetna percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,473 | $1,473 | $1,473 – $1,473 |
| 13 | Aetna aetna healthcare medicare fee schedule · both | $1,493 | $1,493 | $1,493 – $1,493 |
| 14 | Humana humana medicare fee schedule · both | $1,493 | $1,493 | $1,493 – $1,493 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicare fee schedule · both | $1,493 | $1,493 | $1,493 – $1,493 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross ballad health employee case rate · both | $1,523 | $1,523 | $1,523 – $1,523 |
| 17 | Aetna aetna better health of virginia medicare fee schedule · both | $1,538 | $1,538 | $1,538 – $1,538 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield anthem medicare virginia fee schedule · both | $1,538 | $1,538 | $1,538 – $1,538 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross medicare fee schedule · both | $1,553 | $1,553 | $1,553 – $1,553 |
| 20 | Cigna cigna medicare fee schedule · both | $1,568 | $1,568 | $1,568 – $1,568 |
| 21 | Devoted devoted health plan medicare fee schedule · both | $1,568 | $1,568 | $1,568 – $1,568 |
| 22 | Molina molina healthcare medicare fee schedule · both | $1,568 | $1,568 | $1,568 – $1,568 |
| 23 | WellCare wellcare medicare fee schedule · both | $1,583 | $1,583 | $1,583 – $1,583 |
| 24 | Medcost medcost vhn percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,641 | $1,641 | $1,641 – $1,641 |
| 25 | Cigna cigna hmo case rate · both | $1,932 | $1,932 | $1,932 – $1,932 |
Last updated: Mar 23, 2026
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