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
HC - THORACENTESIS NEEDLE/CATH PLEURA W/IMAGING
Elizabethtown, NY
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Elizabethtown Community Hospital’s median price of $546 is 44% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 12% 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: 7 payers, 14 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 facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $351.50 | $351.50 | $351.50 – $351.50 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $351.50 | $351.50 | $351.50 – $351.50 |
| 3 | Excellus medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $351.50 | $351.50 | $351.50 – $351.50 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $351.50 | $351.50 | $351.50 – $351.50 |
| 5 | Excellus managed medicaid/essential plans facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $370.00 | $370.00 | $370.00 – $370.00 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue access facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $545.75 | $545.75 | $545.75 – $545.75 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield individual network facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $562.40 | $562.40 | $562.40 – $562.40 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo/pos/epo/ppo/ind facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $573.50 | $573.50 | $573.50 – $573.50 |
| 9 | Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $587.35 | $587.35 | $587.35 – $587.35 |
| 10 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $693.75 | $693.75 | $693.75 – $693.75 |
| 11 | Excellus commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $695.23 | $695.23 | $695.23 – $695.23 |
| 12 | Highmark ind/fep/ppo/hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $753.88 | $753.88 | $753.88 – $753.88 |
| 13 | MultiPlan group health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $832.50 | $832.50 | $832.50 – $832.50 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $851.92 | $851.92 | $851.92 – $851.92 |
Last updated: Apr 28, 2026
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