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/O IMAGING
Long Beach, CA
See all hospitals reporting CPT 32554 →Price type
Dignity Health’s median price of $786 is 5% below the median hospital's median price ($827), higher than 46% of the 2,329 hospitals reporting CPT 32554. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 16 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|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $74 | $74 | — | — | — | $74 – $74 |
| 2 | Kaiser medicaid|< 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $128 | $128 | — | — | — | $128 – $128 |
| 3 | Kaiser medicaid|> 21 fee schedule · outpatient | $128 | $128 | — | — | — | $128 – $128 |
| 4 | Molina medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $131 | $131 | — | — | — | $131 – $131 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $467 | $467 | — | — | — | $467 – $467 |
| 6 | Anthem medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $786 | $786 | — | — | — | $786 – $786 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $786 | $786 | — | — | — | $786 – $786 |
| 8 | Cigna medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $786 | $786 | — | — | — | $786 – $786 |
| 9 | Humana medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $786 | $786 | — | — | — | $786 – $786 |
| 10 | Kaiser medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $786 | $786 | — | — | — | $786 – $786 |
| 11 | Molina medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $786 | $786 | — | — | — | $786 – $786 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare|all plans fee schedule · outpatient | $801 | $801 | — | — | — | $801 – $801 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare|trauma fee schedule · outpatient | $982 | $982 | — | — | — | $982 – $982 |
| 14 | Anthem commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 15 | Anthem commercial|all other plans case rate · outpatient | $3.9k | $3.9k | — | — | — | $3.9k – $3.9k |
| 16 | Anthem commercial|mcs case rate · outpatient | $6.1k | $6.1k | — | — | — | $6.1k – $6.1k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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