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
THORACENTESIS ND OR CATH W GDN
Conway, AR
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Conway Regional Medical Center’s median price of $886 is 9% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 45% 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: 10 payers, 15 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 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $586.51 | $684.26 | $586.51 – $879.77 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs - exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $689.92 | $689.92 | $689.92 – $689.92 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs of ar facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $689.92 | $689.92 | $689.92 – $689.92 |
| 4 | WellCare wellcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $592.38 | $691.11 | $592.38 – $888.57 |
| 5 | Humana humana gold (mcr) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $592.67 | $691.45 | $592.67 – $889.01 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare uhc medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $601.17 | $701.37 | $601.17 – $901.76 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $604.11 | $704.79 | $604.11 – $906.16 |
| 8 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring (mcr) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $604.11 | $704.79 | $604.11 – $906.16 |
| 9 | Ambetter ambetter facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $794.13 | $926.49 | $794.13 – $1,191 |
| 10 | Cigna cigna faulkner facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $952.62 | $1,081 | $308.60 – $1,694 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna / coventry facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,706 | $1,937 | $552.80 – $3,035 |
| 12 | Cigna cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,019 | $2,356 | $2,019 – $3,029 |
| 13 | Humana humana facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,133 | $2,422 | $691.00 – $3,794 |
| 14 | Humana humana facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,133 | $2,422 | $691.00 – $3,794 |
| 15 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,133 | $2,422 | $691.00 – $3,794 |
Last updated: Jul 2, 2026
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