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
OPELIKA, AL
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East Alabama Medical Center’s median price of $1.5k is 53% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 71% 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 | Aetna commercial professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $272.85 | $272.85 | $146.78 – $398.91 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $272.85 | $272.85 | $146.78 – $398.91 |
| 3 | Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $272.85 | $272.85 | $146.78 – $398.91 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $272.85 | $272.85 | $146.78 – $398.91 |
| 5 | Beechstreet phcs professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $527.41 | $527.41 | $527.41 – $527.41 |
| 6 | Humana commercial professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $527.41 | $527.41 | $527.41 – $527.41 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $560.32 | $560.32 | $560.32 – $560.32 |
| 8 | Humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $560.32 | $560.32 | $560.32 – $560.32 |
| 9 | Cigna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,102 | $1,102 | $1,102 – $1,102 |
| 10 | Humana commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,114 | $1,114 | $1,114 – $1,114 |
| 11 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,136 | $1,123 | $1,103 – $1,136 |
| 12 | Aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,171 | $1,171 | $1,171 – $1,171 |
| 13 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,326 | $1,310 | $1,287 – $1,326 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,360 | $1,360 | $1,360 – $1,360 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,360 | $1,360 | $1,360 – $1,360 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,515 | $1,498 | $1,471 – $1,515 |
| 17 | Beechstreet phcs facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,610 | $1,591 | $1,563 – $1,610 |
| 18 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,610 | $1,591 | $1,563 – $1,610 |
| 19 | First Health commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,610 | $1,591 | $1,563 – $1,610 |
| 20 | MultiPlan phcs facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,610 | $1,591 | $1,563 – $1,610 |
| 21 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,894 | $1,872 | $1,839 – $1,894 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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