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
Aspirate pleura w/ imaging
Conway, SC
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Conway Hospital, Inc.’s median price of $388 is 60% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 9% 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, 37 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 commercial professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $0.02 | $0.02 | $0.02 – $0.02 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $188.84 | $188.84 | $100.53 – $277.14 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $188.84 | $188.84 | $100.53 – $277.14 |
| 4 | Clover medicare professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $188.84 | $188.84 | $100.53 – $277.14 |
| 5 | Humana commercial professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $188.84 | $188.84 | $100.53 – $277.14 |
| 6 | Humana medicare professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $188.84 | $188.84 | $100.53 – $277.14 |
| 7 | Molina exchange professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $188.84 | $188.84 | $100.53 – $277.14 |
| 8 | Molina medicare professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $188.84 | $188.84 | $100.53 – $277.14 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare medicare professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $188.84 | $188.84 | $100.53 – $277.14 |
| 10 | WellCare medicare professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $188.84 | $188.84 | $100.53 – $277.14 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $317.16 | $238.20 | $42.05 – $374.76 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield state health plan professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $298.05 | $298.05 | $298.05 – $298.05 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield narrow network facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $472.22 | $354.65 | $62.60 – $557.98 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield narrow network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $472.22 | $354.65 | $62.60 – $557.98 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $532.12 | $399.64 | $70.55 – $628.76 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $532.12 | $399.64 | $70.55 – $628.76 |
| 17 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $576.23 | $576.23 | $576.23 – $576.23 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $576.23 | $576.23 | $576.23 – $576.23 |
| 19 | Clover medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $576.23 | $576.23 | $576.23 – $576.23 |
| 20 | Humana commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $576.23 | $576.23 | $576.23 – $576.23 |
| 21 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $576.23 | $576.23 | $576.23 – $576.23 |
| 22 | Molina exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $576.23 | $576.23 | $576.23 – $576.23 |
| 23 | Molina medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $576.23 | $576.23 | $576.23 – $576.23 |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $576.23 | $576.23 | $576.23 – $576.23 |
| 25 | WellCare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $576.23 | $576.23 | $576.23 – $576.23 |
Last updated: May 20, 2026
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