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
ASPIRATE PLEURA W/ IMAGING
Alexandria, LA
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Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital’s median price of $588 is 40% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 15% 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: 6 payers, 11 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 | Aetna better health medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $360.84 | $360.84 | $360.84 – $360.84 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $360.84 | $360.84 | $360.84 – $360.84 |
| 3 | Bcbs La hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $459.63 | $459.63 | $459.63 – $459.63 |
| 4 | Bcbs La ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $459.63 | $459.63 | $459.63 – $459.63 |
| 5 | Aetna better health medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $588.10 | $588.10 | $588.10 – $588.10 |
| 6 | Bcbs La medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $588.10 | $588.10 | $588.10 – $588.10 |
| 7 | Humana all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,382 | $1,382 | $1,382 – $1,382 |
| 8 | Aetna new business fee schedule · outpatient | $1,388 | $1,388 | $1,388 – $1,388 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payer case rate · outpatient | $1,550 | $1,550 | $1,550 – $1,550 |
| 10 | Aetna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $1,629 | $1,629 | $1,629 – $1,629 |
| 11 | Cigna all plans case rate · outpatient | $2,601 | $2,601 | $2,601 – $2,601 |
Last updated: Jan 8, 2026
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