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
PR THORACENTESIS NEEDLE/CATH PLEURA W/IMAGING
Hudson, NY
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Columbia Memorial Hospital’s median price of $325 is 67% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 7% 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: 7 payers, 61 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $44.62 | $44.62 | $44.62 – $44.62 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_ancillary providers_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $94.81 | $94.81 | $94.81 – $94.81 |
| 3 | Tricare all products_nonphysician_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $94.81 | $94.81 | $94.81 – $94.81 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue access_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $99.14 | $99.14 | $99.14 – $99.14 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $100.39 | $100.39 | $100.39 – $100.39 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_ancillary providers_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $104.29 | $104.29 | $104.29 – $104.29 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $104.97 | $104.97 | $104.97 – $104.97 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield pathway enhanced_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $109.18 | $109.18 | $109.18 – $109.18 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $109.18 | $109.18 | $109.18 – $109.18 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialaliessa-medicaid-chp-harp_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $111.54 | $111.54 | $111.54 – $111.54 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $111.54 | $111.54 | $111.54 – $111.54 |
| 12 | Tricare all products_physician_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $111.54 | $111.54 | $111.54 – $111.54 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all products_nonmd_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $114.58 | $114.58 | $114.58 – $114.58 |
| 14 | Aetna medicare_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $114.89 | $114.89 | $114.89 – $114.89 |
| 15 | Highmark medicare_without loc professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $121.75 | $121.75 | $121.75 – $121.75 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield essentialnonaliessa_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $122.69 | $122.69 | $122.69 – $122.69 |
| 17 | Highmark all products_without loc professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $125.66 | $125.66 | $125.66 – $125.66 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $130.19 | $130.19 | $130.19 – $130.19 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare all products_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $133.85 | $133.85 | $133.85 – $133.85 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare all products_md_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $134.80 | $134.80 | $134.80 – $134.80 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $139.69 | $139.69 | $139.69 – $139.69 |
| 22 | Cigna commercial_specialist_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $148.42 | $148.42 | $148.42 – $148.42 |
| 23 | Cigna commercial_pcp_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $153.36 | $153.36 | $153.36 – $153.36 |
| 24 | Aetna all products_fac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $172.89 | $172.89 | $172.89 – $172.89 |
| 25 | Tricare all products_nonphysician_nonfac professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $276.65 | $276.65 | $276.65 – $276.65 |
Last updated: Dec 31, 2025
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