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 W IMG UNI
Woodland, CA
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Dignity Community Care’s median price of $2.0k is 102% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 83% 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, 38 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 | Anthem medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $105.95 | $105.95 | $105.95 – $105.95 |
| 2 | Anthem medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $105.95 | $105.95 | $105.95 – $105.95 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $105.95 | $105.95 | $105.95 – $105.95 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $105.95 | $105.95 | $105.95 – $105.95 |
| 5 | Anthem medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $766.15 | $766.15 | $766.15 – $766.15 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $812.46 | $812.46 | $812.46 – $812.46 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $812.46 | $812.46 | $812.46 – $812.46 |
| 8 | Kaiser medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $812.46 | $812.46 | $812.46 – $812.46 |
| 9 | Molina medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $812.46 | $812.46 | $812.46 – $812.46 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans case rate · outpatient | $812.46 | $812.46 | $812.46 – $812.46 |
| 11 | Kaiser medicaid|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $1,657 | $1,398 | $811.39 – $1,726 |
| 12 | Kaiser medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,657 | $1,398 | $811.39 – $1,726 |
| 13 | Cigna commercial|localplus fee schedule · inpatient | $1,698 | $1,432 | $831.18 – $1,768 |
| 14 | Cigna commercial|localplus fee schedule · outpatient | $1,698 | $1,432 | $831.18 – $1,768 |
| 15 | Kaiser commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $2,183 | $1,842 | $1,069 – $2,273 |
| 16 | Kaiser commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2,183 | $1,842 | $1,069 – $2,273 |
| 17 | Cigna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · inpatient | $2,264 | $1,910 | $1,108 – $2,358 |
| 18 | Cigna commercial|all other plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2,264 | $1,910 | $1,108 – $2,358 |
| 19 | Magellan commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $2,425 | $2,046 | $1,187 – $2,526 |
| 20 | Magellan commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2,425 | $2,046 | $1,187 – $2,526 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $3,030 | $3,030 | $3,030 – $3,030 |
| 22 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $3,638 | $3,069 | $1,781 – $3,789 |
| 23 | First Health commercial|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $3,638 | $3,069 | $1,781 – $3,789 |
| 24 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|aco trio case rate · outpatient | $3,084 | $3,084 | $3,084 – $3,084 |
| 25 | MultiPlan commercial|all plans fee schedule · inpatient | $3,719 | $3,138 | $1,821 – $3,873 |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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