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
Syracuse, NY
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Crouse Hospital’s median price of $783 is 20% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 37% 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: 6 payers, 18 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 | Excellus govt programs/ special products fee schedule · outpatient | $531.65 | $531.65 | $531.65 – $531.65 |
| 2 | Molina medicaid hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $531.65 | $531.65 | $531.65 – $531.65 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare essential plans 1 -4 fee schedule · outpatient | $531.65 | $531.65 | $531.65 – $531.65 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $531.65 | $531.65 | $531.65 – $531.65 |
| 5 | WellCare medicaid essential plan 3 and 4 fee schedule · outpatient | $531.65 | $531.65 | $531.65 – $531.65 |
| 6 | WellCare medicaid essential plan 1 and 2 fee schedule · outpatient | $637.98 | $637.98 | $637.98 – $637.98 |
| 7 | Humana commerical percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $663.34 | $663.34 | $663.34 – $663.34 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare commerical percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $663.35 | $663.35 | $663.35 – $663.35 |
| 9 | Excellus medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $683.84 | $683.84 | $683.84 – $683.84 |
| 10 | Aetna commerical percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $716.99 | $716.99 | $716.99 – $716.99 |
| 11 | Aetna raymour furniture company percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $716.99 | $716.99 | $716.99 – $716.99 |
| 12 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $783.05 | $783.05 | $783.05 – $783.05 |
| 13 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $783.05 | $783.05 | $783.05 – $783.05 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $783.05 | $783.05 | $783.05 – $783.05 |
| 15 | WellCare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $822.20 | $822.20 | $822.20 – $822.20 |
| 16 | Molina essential fee schedule · outpatient | $1,196 | $1,196 | $1,196 – $1,196 |
| 17 | Excellus bcbs fee schedule · outpatient | $1,406 | $1,406 | $1,406 – $1,406 |
| 18 | Excellus hospital blue fee schedule · outpatient | $1,406 | $1,406 | $1,406 – $1,406 |
Last updated: May 19, 2026
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