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
Decatur, GA
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Dekalb Medical Center, Inc’s median price of $2.6k is 163% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 92% 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: 11 payers, 19 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 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $629.20 | $629.20 | $629.20 – $629.20 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $635.49 | $635.49 | $635.49 – $635.49 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $641.78 | $641.78 | $641.78 – $641.78 |
| 4 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $648.08 | $648.08 | $648.08 – $648.08 |
| 5 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $660.66 | $660.66 | $660.66 – $660.66 |
| 6 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $666.95 | $666.95 | $666.95 – $666.95 |
| 7 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,334 | $1,334 | $1,334 – $1,334 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare core/charter/nexus other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,952 | $1,952 | $1,952 – $1,952 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,296 | $2,296 | $2,296 – $2,296 |
| 10 | Aetna exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,572 | $2,572 | $2,572 – $2,572 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue pathways exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,679 | $2,679 | $2,679 – $2,679 |
| 12 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,987 | $2,987 | $2,987 – $2,987 |
| 13 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,051 | $3,051 | $3,051 – $3,051 |
| 14 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,295 | $3,295 | $3,295 – $3,295 |
| 15 | Cigna hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,590 | $3,590 | $3,590 – $3,590 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,723 | $3,723 | $3,723 – $3,723 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,221 | $4,221 | $4,221 – $4,221 |
| 18 | Humana hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,840 | $4,840 | $4,840 – $4,840 |
| 19 | Humana medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,840 | $4,840 | $4,840 – $4,840 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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