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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THORACENTSIS W/IMAGING
Mt Pleasant, SC
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East Cooper Medical Center LLC’s median price of $914 is 7% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 47% 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, 36 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 medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $583.44 | $583.44 | $583.44 – $583.44 |
| 2 | Devoted hmo ma fee schedule · both | $583.44 | $583.44 | $583.44 – $583.44 |
| 3 | Devoted ppo ma fee schedule · both | $583.44 | $583.44 | $583.44 – $583.44 |
| 4 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $583.44 | $583.44 | $583.44 – $583.44 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $589.27 | $589.27 | $589.27 – $589.27 |
| 6 | Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $595.11 | $595.11 | $595.11 – $595.11 |
| 7 | Molina mmp fee schedule · both | $595.11 | $595.11 | $595.11 – $595.11 |
| 8 | Cigna healthspring fee schedule · both | $600.94 | $600.94 | $600.94 – $600.94 |
| 9 | Clover hmo ma fee schedule · both | $606.78 | $606.78 | $606.78 – $606.78 |
| 10 | Clover ppo ma fee schedule · both | $606.78 | $606.78 | $606.78 – $606.78 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare exchange plan case rate · both | $689.00 | $689.00 | $689.00 – $689.00 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare exchange plan case rate · outpatient | $689.00 | $689.00 | $689.00 – $689.00 |
| 13 | Bcbs Sc blue choice blue option hix (bcbo) fee schedule · both | $820.42 | $820.42 | $820.42 – $820.42 |
| 14 | Bcbs Sc blue cross blue essentials hix (bcbe) fee schedule · both | $820.42 | $820.42 | $820.42 – $820.42 |
| 15 | Molina marketplace fee schedule · both | $845.99 | $845.99 | $845.99 – $845.99 |
| 16 | Bcbs Sc state health plan fee schedule · both | $1,018 | $1,018 | $1,018 – $1,018 |
| 17 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,440 | $1,192 | $374.53 – $1,760 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare all other plans case rate · both | $1,205 | $1,205 | $1,205 – $1,205 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare all other plans case rate · outpatient | $1,205 | $1,205 | $1,205 – $1,205 |
| 20 | Humana medicaid fee schedule · both | $1,339 | $1,339 | $1,339 – $1,339 |
| 21 | Molina medicaid fee schedule · both | $1,339 | $1,339 | $1,339 – $1,339 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare options ppo case rate · both | $1,534 | $1,534 | $1,534 – $1,534 |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare options ppo case rate · outpatient | $1,534 | $1,534 | $1,534 – $1,534 |
| 24 | Bcbs Sc blue choice health plan commercial (bchp) fee schedule · both | $1,545 | $1,545 | $1,545 – $1,545 |
| 25 | Bcbs Sc preferred blue commercial (pb) fee schedule · both | $1,545 | $1,545 | $1,545 – $1,545 |
Last updated: Mar 12, 2026
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