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 DRAIN W CATH W IMAGE GUIDANCE
Lenoir, NC
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Caldwell Memorial Hospital’s median price of $498 is 73% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 7% 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: 9 payers, 22 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 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $190.93 | $190.93 | $190.93 – $190.93 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare chip/medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $190.93 | $190.93 | $190.93 – $190.93 |
| 3 | WellCare managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $190.93 | $190.93 | $190.93 – $190.93 |
| 4 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $283.52 | $283.52 | $283.52 – $283.52 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $353.16 | $353.16 | $353.16 – $353.16 |
| 6 | Medcost commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $399.59 | $399.59 | $399.59 – $399.59 |
| 7 | Aetna north carolina preferred facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $469.58 | $469.58 | $469.58 – $469.58 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select/hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $498.02 | $498.02 | $498.02 – $498.02 |
| 9 | Medcost commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $515.65 | $515.65 | $515.65 – $515.65 |
| 10 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $522.74 | $522.74 | $522.74 – $522.74 |
| 11 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $582.99 | $582.99 | $582.99 – $582.99 |
| 12 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $598.05 | $598.05 | $487.30 – $708.80 |
| 13 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $708.80 | $708.80 | $708.80 – $708.80 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,410 | $1,410 | $1,410 – $1,410 |
| 15 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,453 | $1,453 | $1,453 – $1,453 |
| 16 | Optum vaccn behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,453 | $1,453 | $1,453 – $1,453 |
| 17 | Humana medicare hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,511 | $1,511 | $1,511 – $1,511 |
| 18 | Humana medicare ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,511 | $1,511 | $1,511 – $1,511 |
| 19 | Cigna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,526 | $1,526 | $1,526 – $1,526 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,526 | $1,526 | $1,526 – $1,526 |
| 21 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,541 | $1,541 | $1,541 – $1,541 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,376 | $2,376 | $2,376 – $2,376 |
Last updated: Jun 4, 2026
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