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
Pueblo, CO
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Catholic Health Initiatives Colorado’s median price of $903 is 8% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 46% 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, 30 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 | $100.32 | $100.32 | $100.32 – $100.32 |
| 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 | $352.60 | $352.60 | $352.60 – $352.60 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicare other · inpatient | $431.75 | $431.75 | $431.75 – $431.75 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare managed behavioral medicaid other · inpatient | $596.49 | $596.49 | $596.49 – $596.49 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare managed behavioral medicaid other · outpatient | $596.49 | $596.49 | $596.49 – $596.49 |
| 14 | Medicare medicare other · inpatient | $862.85 | $862.85 | $862.85 – $862.85 |
| 15 | Kaiser commercial public options percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,091 | $1,091 | $872.83 – $1,309 |
| 16 | Cigna commercial ppo/pos/hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,208 | $1,208 | $966.23 – $1,449 |
| 17 | Cigna commercial ppo/pos/hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,208 | $1,208 | $966.23 – $1,449 |
| 18 | Kaiser commercial ppo/pos/hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,379 | $1,379 | $1,103 – $1,655 |
| 19 | Aetna commercial ppo/pos/hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,789 | $1,841 | $1,266 – $2,520 |
| 20 | MultiPlan commercial primary percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,909 | $1,909 | $1,527 – $2,291 |
| 21 | Anthem commercial ppo/pos/hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,866 | $2,008 | $290.61 – $2,866 |
| 22 | Aetna commercial ppo/pos/hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,100 | $2,100 | $1,680 – $2,520 |
| 23 | MultiPlan commercial complementary percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,318 | $2,318 | $1,855 – $2,782 |
| 24 | MultiPlan commercial complementary percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,318 | $2,318 | $1,855 – $2,782 |
| 25 | MultiPlan commercial primary percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,318 | $2,318 | $1,855 – $2,782 |
Last updated: Feb 5, 2026
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