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 IMAGING
Westminster, CO
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Catholic Health Iniatives Colorado’s median price of $1.5k is 51% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 71% 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: 10 payers, 34 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 managed medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $101.37 | $101.37 | $101.37 – $101.37 |
| 2 | Aetna managed medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $102.41 | $102.41 | $102.41 – $102.41 |
| 3 | Anthem managed medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $102.41 | $102.41 | $102.41 – $102.41 |
| 4 | Cigna managed medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $102.41 | $102.41 | $102.41 – $102.41 |
| 5 | Devoted managed medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $102.41 | $102.41 | $102.41 – $102.41 |
| 6 | Humana managed medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $102.41 | $102.41 | $102.41 – $102.41 |
| 7 | Kaiser managed medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $102.41 | $102.41 | $102.41 – $102.41 |
| 8 | Medicare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $102.41 | $102.41 | $102.41 – $102.41 |
| 9 | Optum managed medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $102.41 | $102.41 | $102.41 – $102.41 |
| 10 | Anthem managed medicare other · inpatient | $487.12 | $487.12 | $487.12 – $487.12 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicare other · inpatient | $608.91 | $608.91 | $608.91 – $608.91 |
| 12 | Medicare medicare other · inpatient | $825.46 | $825.46 | $825.46 – $825.46 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare commercial navigate epo other · inpatient | $1,091 | $1,091 | $1,091 – $1,091 |
| 14 | Kaiser commercial select percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,094 | $1,094 | $875.00 – $1,313 |
| 15 | Kaiser commercial hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,151 | $1,151 | $920.82 – $1,381 |
| 16 | Kaiser commercial ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,322 | $1,322 | $1,057 – $1,586 |
| 17 | Cigna commercial local plus other · inpatient | $1,331 | $1,331 | $1,331 – $1,331 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare commercial navigate epo case rate · outpatient | $1,361 | $1,361 | $1,361 – $1,361 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial ppo/pos/hmo case rate · outpatient | $1,383 | $1,383 | $1,383 – $1,383 |
| 20 | Kaiser commercial select percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,441 | $1,441 | $1,153 – $1,730 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare commercial ppo/pos/hmo/epo case rate · outpatient | $1,512 | $1,512 | $1,512 – $1,512 |
| 22 | Kaiser commercial hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,517 | $1,517 | $1,214 – $1,821 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare commercial select epo case rate · outpatient | $1,754 | $1,754 | $1,754 – $1,754 |
| 24 | Kaiser commercial ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,812 | $1,812 | $1,450 – $2,174 |
| 25 | Aetna commercial whole health case rate · outpatient | $2,506 | $2,506 | $2,506 – $2,506 |
Last updated: Feb 4, 2026
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