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
Pleural drainage with cath insert w imaging guidance
Astoria, OR
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Columbia Lutheran Charities’s median price of $396 is 79% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 6% 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: 9 payers, 24 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 | Molina medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $83.55 | $83.55 | $83.55 – $83.55 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid professional · fee schedule · both | $83.55 | $83.55 | $83.55 – $83.55 |
| 3 | Regence commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $269.93 | $269.93 | $269.93 – $269.93 |
| 4 | Aetna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $314.89 | $314.89 | $314.89 – $314.89 |
| 5 | Molina molina ma - medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $678.42 | $678.42 | $97.56 – $1,259 |
| 6 | Regence medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $678.42 | $678.42 | $97.56 – $1,259 |
| 7 | Tricare military facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $678.42 | $678.42 | $97.56 – $1,259 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $678.42 | $678.42 | $97.56 – $1,259 |
| 9 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage - medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $697.27 | $697.27 | $100.27 – $1,294 |
| 10 | Cigna cigna medicare advantage - medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $712.34 | $712.34 | $102.44 – $1,322 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage - medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $776.30 | $776.30 | $776.30 – $776.30 |
| 12 | Cigna cigna medicare advantage - medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $776.30 | $776.30 | $776.30 – $776.30 |
| 13 | Molina molina ma - medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $776.30 | $776.30 | $776.30 – $776.30 |
| 14 | Regence medicare professional · fee schedule · both | $776.30 | $776.30 | $776.30 – $776.30 |
| 15 | Tricare military professional · fee schedule · both | $776.30 | $776.30 | $776.30 – $776.30 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare medicare professional · fee schedule · both | $776.30 | $776.30 | $776.30 – $776.30 |
| 17 | Molina medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $845.58 | $845.58 | $121.60 – $1,570 |
| 18 | Regence commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,677 | $1,677 | $241.19 – $3,113 |
| 19 | First Health first health/coventry - commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,696 | $1,696 | $243.90 – $3,148 |
| 20 | Premera bc premera lifewise - commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,790 | $1,790 | $257.45 – $3,323 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,790 | $1,790 | $257.45 – $3,323 |
| 22 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,809 | $1,809 | $260.16 – $3,358 |
| 23 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,809 | $1,809 | $260.16 – $3,358 |
| 24 | MultiPlan multiplan - commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,809 | $1,809 | $260.16 – $3,358 |
Last updated: Jan 5, 2026
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