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 INSERT PLEURAL CATH W/GUID
Houston, TX
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Chi St. Luke's Health Baylor College Of Medicine Medical Center’s median price of $2.3k is 26% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 67% 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, 47 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 medicaid|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $478.87 | $478.87 | $478.87 – $478.87 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|chip case rate · outpatient | $478.87 | $478.87 | $478.87 – $478.87 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starkids case rate · outpatient | $478.87 | $478.87 | $478.87 – $478.87 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans case rate · outpatient | $492.95 | $492.95 | $492.95 – $492.95 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|star case rate · outpatient | $643.19 | $643.19 | $643.19 – $643.19 |
| 6 | Aetna commercial|kelseycare case rate · outpatient | $1,195 | $1,195 | $1,195 – $1,195 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|blue advantage exchange case rate · outpatient | $1,370 | $1,370 | $1,370 – $1,370 |
| 8 | Aetna commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $1,438 | $1,438 | $1,438 – $1,438 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $1,452 | $1,452 | $1,452 – $1,452 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|starplus case rate · outpatient | $1,465 | $1,465 | $1,465 – $1,465 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|myblue health exchange case rate · outpatient | $1,501 | $1,501 | $1,501 – $1,501 |
| 12 | Aetna medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $1,556 | $1,556 | $1,556 – $1,556 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $1,556 | $1,556 | $1,556 – $1,556 |
| 14 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|hmo case rate · outpatient | $1,556 | $1,556 | $1,556 – $1,556 |
| 15 | Humana medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $1,556 | $1,556 | $1,556 – $1,556 |
| 16 | Humana medicare|transplant case rate · outpatient | $1,556 | $1,556 | $1,556 – $1,556 |
| 17 | Cigna Healthspring medicare|ppo case rate · outpatient | $1,572 | $1,572 | $1,572 – $1,572 |
| 18 | Aetna medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $1,587 | $1,587 | $1,587 – $1,587 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $1,587 | $1,587 | $1,587 – $1,587 |
| 20 | Optum medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,729 | $1,729 | $1,729 – $1,729 |
| 21 | Cigna commercial|surefit case rate · outpatient | $1,864 | $1,864 | $1,864 – $1,864 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|charter case rate · outpatient | $1,955 | $1,955 | $1,955 – $1,955 |
| 23 | Cigna commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $2,054 | $2,054 | $2,054 – $2,054 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $2,172 | $2,172 | $2,172 – $2,172 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $2,172 | $2,172 | $2,172 – $2,172 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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