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 W/IMAGING
Baton Rouge, LA
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East Baton Rouge Medical Center, Llc’s median price of $1.6k is 59% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 73% 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: 12 payers, 13 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 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $419.24 | $359.35 – $539.03 |
| 2 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $370.13 | $431.82 | $370.13 – $555.20 |
| 3 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $370.13 | $431.82 | $370.13 – $555.20 |
| 4 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $465.44 | $543.01 | $465.44 – $698.16 |
| 5 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $568.48 | $663.23 | $568.48 – $852.72 |
| 6 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $568.48 | $663.23 | $568.48 – $852.72 |
| 7 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $568.48 | $663.23 | $568.48 – $852.72 |
| 8 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $1,556 | $2,074 | $1,556 – $3,112 |
| 9 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,978 | $2,079 | $568.48 – $3,188 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,444 | $2,162 | $359.35 – $4,133 |
| 11 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,964 | $2,291 | $1,964 – $2,946 |
| 12 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $2,074 | $2,766 | $2,074 – $4,149 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,235 | $3,774 | $3,235 – $4,853 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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