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
Hc Thoracentesis Ndl/Cath Pleura Asp W Imag
Dallas, TX
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Dallas Medical Center’s median price of $636 is 35% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 22% 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, 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 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs blue essentials medicare-hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield triwest bcbs fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 5 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 6 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring mmp (dual-eligible) fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 7 | Humana choice care humana medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 8 | Humana humana military tricare fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 9 | Superior Healthplan superior health plan medicare advantage/mmp fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 10 | Tricare tricare fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare uhc medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 12 | WellCare wellcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 13 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring medicare advantage ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $645.88 | $645.88 | $645.88 – $645.88 |
| 14 | Molina molina medicare advantage/mmp fee schedule · outpatient | $658.42 | $658.42 | $658.42 – $658.42 |
| 15 | Superior Healthplan superior health plan commercial exchange-epo/hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $815.19 | $815.19 | $815.19 – $815.19 |
| 16 | Molina molina exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $971.96 | $971.96 | $971.96 – $971.96 |
| 17 | Aetna aetna exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $1,035 | $1,035 | $1,035 – $1,035 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare uhc commercial all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,278 | $1,278 | $1,278 – $1,278 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs hmo advantage case rate · outpatient | $1,690 | $1,690 | $1,690 – $1,690 |
| 20 | Aetna aetna commercial case rate · outpatient | $1,900 | $1,900 | $1,900 – $1,900 |
| 21 | Aetna aetna workers compensation case rate · outpatient | $1,900 | $1,900 | $1,900 – $1,900 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs hmo case rate · outpatient | $2,251 | $2,251 | $2,251 – $2,251 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ppo case rate · outpatient | $2,503 | $2,503 | $2,503 – $2,503 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs traditional case rate · outpatient | $2,503 | $2,503 | $2,503 – $2,503 |
Last updated: Sep 1, 2026
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