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
Hb Perq Drainage Pleura Insert Cath W/Imaging
Cincinnati, OH
See all hospitals reporting CPT 32557 →Price type
Children's Hospital Medical Center’s median price of $315 is 83% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 4% 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: 13 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 | Aetna Better Health managed_care_medicaid_plan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $83.00 | $83.00 | $83.00 – $83.00 |
| 2 | Humana managed_care_medicaid_plan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $83.00 | $83.00 | $83.00 – $83.00 |
| 3 | WellCare managed_care_medicaid_plan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $87.32 | $87.32 | $87.32 – $87.32 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare managed_care_medicaid_plan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $87.65 | $87.65 | $87.65 – $87.65 |
| 5 | Caresource all_exchange_plans percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $159.36 | $159.36 | $159.36 – $159.36 |
| 6 | Caresource all_exchange_plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $159.36 | $159.36 | $159.36 – $159.36 |
| 7 | Cigna all_commericial_plans percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $159.36 | $159.36 | $159.36 – $159.36 |
| 8 | Medical Mutual all_exchange_plans percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $205.84 | $205.84 | $205.84 – $205.84 |
| 9 | Medical Mutual all_exchange_plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $205.84 | $205.84 | $205.84 – $205.84 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all_commercial_plans percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $297.47 | $297.47 | $297.47 – $297.47 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all_commercial_plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $297.47 | $297.47 | $297.47 – $297.47 |
| 12 | Aetna all_commercial_plans percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $315.40 | $315.40 | $315.40 – $315.40 |
| 13 | Aetna all_commercial_plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $315.40 | $315.40 | $315.40 – $315.40 |
| 14 | Anthem non_traditional_plans percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $315.40 | $315.40 | $315.40 – $315.40 |
| 15 | Anthem non_traditional_plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $315.40 | $315.40 | $315.40 – $315.40 |
| 16 | Cigna all_commericial_plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $315.40 | $315.40 | $315.40 – $315.40 |
| 17 | Medical Mutual all_commercial_plans percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $315.40 | $315.40 | $315.40 – $315.40 |
| 18 | Medical Mutual all_commercial_plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $315.40 | $315.40 | $315.40 – $315.40 |
| 19 | Beechstreet all_commercial_plans percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $325.36 | $325.36 | $325.36 – $325.36 |
| 20 | Beechstreet all_commercial_plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $325.36 | $325.36 | $325.36 – $325.36 |
| 21 | First Health all_commercial_plans percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $325.36 | $325.36 | $325.36 – $325.36 |
| 22 | First Health all_commercial_plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $325.36 | $325.36 | $325.36 – $325.36 |
| 23 | Anthem traditional_plans percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $326.36 | $326.36 | $326.36 – $326.36 |
| 24 | Anthem traditional_plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $326.36 | $326.36 | $326.36 – $326.36 |
| 25 | Amerihealth Caritas managed_care_medicaid_plan fee schedule · outpatient | $332.00 | $332.00 | $332.00 – $332.00 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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