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.
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Hc Thoracentesis Ndl/Cath Pleura Asp W Imag
Mesquite, TX
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Dallas Regional Medical Center’s median price of $677 is 31% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 27% 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: 8 payers, 21 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield triwest - bcbs fee schedule · outpatient | $608.26 | $608.26 | $608.26 – $608.26 |
| 2 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs medicare hmo/ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 4 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 5 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring mmp dual eligible fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 6 | Tricare tricare fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare uhc medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 8 | WellCare superior health plan medicare advantage/mmp dual eligible fee schedule · outpatient | $627.07 | $627.07 | $627.07 – $627.07 |
| 9 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring medicare advantage ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $645.88 | $645.88 | $645.88 – $645.88 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare uhc commercial all payor case rate · outpatient | $652.00 | $652.00 | $652.00 – $652.00 |
| 11 | Molina molina medicare advantage mmp fee schedule · outpatient | $658.42 | $658.42 | $658.42 – $658.42 |
| 12 | MultiPlan multiplan medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $658.42 | $658.42 | $658.42 – $658.42 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare uhc commercial options ppo case rate · outpatient | $750.00 | $750.00 | $750.00 – $750.00 |
| 14 | WellCare superior commercial exchange epo hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $815.19 | $815.19 | $815.19 – $815.19 |
| 15 | Aetna aetna exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $940.61 | $940.61 | $940.61 – $940.61 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs blue advantage (07-01-2023 to 12-31-2026) case rate · outpatient | $1,059 | $1,059 | $1,059 – $1,059 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs hmo/blue essentials (05-01-2023 to 12-31-2026) case rate · outpatient | $1,280 | $1,280 | $1,280 – $1,280 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ppo/pos (05-01-2023 to 12-31-2026) case rate · outpatient | $1,419 | $1,419 | $1,419 – $1,419 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs traditional (05-01-2023 to 12-31-2026) case rate · outpatient | $1,419 | $1,419 | $1,419 – $1,419 |
| 20 | Aetna aetna commercial case rate · outpatient | $1,900 | $1,900 | $1,900 – $1,900 |
| 21 | Aetna coventry workers compensation case rate · outpatient | $1,900 | $1,900 | $1,900 – $1,900 |
Last updated: Sep 1, 2026
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