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 CT Guided Thoracentesis w/ Img
Orange, CA
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Childrens Hospital of Orange County - Profit’s median price of $1.7k is 72% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 76% 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: 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 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california medi-cal/caloptima/healthy families facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $92.33 | $92.33 | $92.33 – $92.33 |
| 2 | Molina molina medi-cal facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $106.18 | $106.18 | $106.18 – $106.18 |
| 3 | Kaiser medi-cal kaiser facility · other · outpatient | $138.50 | $138.50 | $138.50 – $138.50 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield-triwest-tricare programs facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $806.82 | $806.82 | $806.82 – $806.82 |
| 5 | Medicare medicare** facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $806.82 | $806.82 | $806.82 – $806.82 |
| 6 | Aetna aetna us healthcare hmo/pos in net facility · other · outpatient | $1,442 | $1,442 | $1,442 – $1,442 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna us healthcare ppo/pos out net facility · other · outpatient | $1,442 | $1,442 | $1,442 – $1,442 |
| 8 | Oscar oscar health plan ppo epo facility · other · outpatient | $1,547 | $1,547 | $1,547 – $1,547 |
| 9 | Bcbs Ca blue cross/vivity/pih-presbyterian health/hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,654 | $1,654 | $1,654 – $1,654 |
| 10 | Bcbs Ca blue shield of california uc care ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,665 | $1,665 | $1,665 – $1,665 |
| 11 | Kaiser kaiser foundation hospitals hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,688 | $1,688 | $1,688 – $1,688 |
| 12 | Magellan magellan health services hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,688 | $1,688 | $1,688 – $1,688 |
| 13 | Magellan magellan health services ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,688 | $1,688 | $1,688 – $1,688 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield exchange/covered ca/ppo facility · per diem · outpatient | $1,952 | $1,952 | $1,952 – $1,952 |
| 15 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california hmo/pos/ppo** facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,016 | $2,016 | $2,016 – $2,016 |
| 16 | Bcbs Ca blue shield of california hmo/pos/ppo** facility · per diem · outpatient | $2,023 | $2,023 | $2,023 – $2,023 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield calpers ppo facility · per diem · outpatient | $2,023 | $2,023 | $2,023 – $2,023 |
| 18 | First Health first health affordable epo/ppo** facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,053 | $2,053 | $2,053 – $2,053 |
| 19 | Cigna cigna behavioral health (evernorth behavioral health inc) hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,250 | $2,250 | $2,250 – $2,250 |
| 20 | Cigna cigna behavioral health (evernorth behavioral health, inc.) ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,250 | $2,250 | $2,250 – $2,250 |
| 21 | Humana humana choicecare ppo** facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,250 | $2,250 | $2,250 – $2,250 |
| 22 | MultiPlan multiplan ppo** facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,250 | $2,250 | $2,250 – $2,250 |
| 23 | MultiPlan multiplan ppo** facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,250 | $2,250 | $2,250 – $2,250 |
| 24 | Phcs private healthcare systems (phcs) epo/ppo** facility · other · outpatient | $2,391 | $2,391 | $2,391 – $2,391 |
| 25 | Phcs private healthcare systems (phcs) epo/ppo** facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,532 | $2,532 | $2,532 – $2,532 |
Last updated: Mar 19, 2026
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