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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IR Thoracentesis W/Imaging
Philadelphia, PA
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, The’s median price of $2.5k is 153% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 91% 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: 9 payers, 12 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 all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,137 | $1,137 | $1,137 – $1,137 |
| 2 | Bcbs Nj all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,525 | $1,525 | $1,525 – $1,525 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,730 | $1,730 | $1,730 – $1,730 |
| 4 | Cigna hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,160 | $2,160 | $2,160 – $2,160 |
| 5 | Cigna ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,160 | $2,160 | $2,160 – $2,160 |
| 6 | Highmark all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,160 | $2,160 | $2,160 – $2,160 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,376 | $2,376 | $2,376 – $2,376 |
| 8 | Aetna all plan types case rate · outpatient | $2,578 | $2,578 | $2,578 – $2,578 |
| 9 | First Health ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,808 | $2,808 | $2,808 – $2,808 |
| 10 | MultiPlan all plan types percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,455 | $3,455 | $3,455 – $3,455 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all plan types case rate · outpatient | $4,472 | $4,472 | $4,472 – $4,472 |
| 12 | Highmark all plan types case rate · outpatient | $4,687 | $4,687 | $4,687 – $4,687 |
Last updated: Dec 31, 2025
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