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
INSERT CATH PLEURA W/IMAG BILAT TX RM IR
Overland Park, KS
See all hospitals reporting CPT 32557 →Price type
Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas’s median price of $1.6k is 14% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 36% 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: 7 payers, 67 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 | Humana all commercial plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $289.67 | $289.67 | $289.67 – $289.67 |
| 2 | Humana all commercial plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $289.67 | $289.67 | $289.67 – $289.67 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all ks medicaid plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $292.71 | $292.71 | $292.71 – $292.71 |
| 4 | Cigna all other commercial plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $383.91 | $383.91 | $383.91 – $383.91 |
| 5 | Cigna all other commercial plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $383.91 | $383.91 | $383.91 – $383.91 |
| 6 | Cigna cmh employee plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $383.91 | $383.91 | $383.91 – $383.91 |
| 7 | Cigna cmh employee plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $383.91 | $383.91 | $383.91 – $383.91 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all ks medicaid plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $400.87 | $400.87 | $400.87 – $400.87 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all ks medicaid plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $400.87 | $400.87 | $400.87 – $400.87 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all mo medicaid plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $1,008 | $1,008 | $1,008 – $1,008 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all mo medicaid plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,008 | $1,008 | $1,008 – $1,008 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all other commercial plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $1,040 | $1,040 | $1,040 – $1,040 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all other commercial plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,040 | $1,040 | $1,040 – $1,040 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare core essential plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $1,040 | $1,040 | $1,040 – $1,040 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare core essential plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,040 | $1,040 | $1,040 – $1,040 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare all mo medicaid plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,304 | $1,304 | $1,304 – $1,304 |
| 17 | Medica select by medica professional · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,328 | $1,400 | $1,178 – $1,766 |
| 18 | Medica select by medica professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,328 | $1,400 | $1,178 – $1,766 |
| 19 | Bcbs Ks aca marketplace/exchange plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $1,590 | $1,590 | $1,590 – $1,590 |
| 20 | Bcbs Ks aca marketplace/exchange plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,590 | $1,590 | $1,590 – $1,590 |
| 21 | Bcbs Ks all other commercial plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $1,590 | $1,590 | $1,590 – $1,590 |
| 22 | Bcbs Ks all other commercial plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,590 | $1,590 | $1,590 – $1,590 |
| 23 | Bcbs Ks blue advantage, blue care, blue select plus and federal employees plans professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $1,590 | $1,590 | $1,590 – $1,590 |
| 24 | Bcbs Ks blue advantage, blue care, blue select plus and federal employees plans professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,590 | $1,590 | $1,590 – $1,590 |
| 25 | Bcbs Ks blue high performance network professional · fee schedule · inpatient | $1,590 | $1,590 | $1,590 – $1,590 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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