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
Insert cath pleura w/ image
Atlanta, GA
See all hospitals reporting CPT 32557 →Price type
Emory University’s median price of $3.1k is 64% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 84% of the 2,232 hospitals reporting CPT 32557. 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, 19 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 | Devoted medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,579 | $1,579 | $1,579 – $1,579 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value secure medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,595 | $1,595 | $1,595 – $1,595 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,610 | $1,610 | $1,610 – $1,610 |
| 4 | Cigna healthspring medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,626 | $1,626 | $1,626 – $1,626 |
| 5 | Clover medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,658 | $1,658 | $1,658 – $1,658 |
| 6 | WellCare medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,674 | $1,674 | $1,674 – $1,674 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare core/charter/nexus other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,952 | $1,952 | $1,952 – $1,952 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,296 | $2,296 | $2,296 – $2,296 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue pathways exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,012 | $3,012 | $3,012 – $3,012 |
| 10 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,051 | $3,051 | $3,051 – $3,051 |
| 11 | Aetna exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,295 | $3,295 | $3,295 – $3,295 |
| 12 | Oscar exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,295 | $3,295 | $3,295 – $3,295 |
| 13 | Ambetter peach state exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,347 | $3,347 | $3,347 – $3,347 |
| 14 | Cigna hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,590 | $3,590 | $3,590 – $3,590 |
| 15 | Aetna hpn whole health other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,826 | $3,826 | $3,826 – $3,826 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn other commercial plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,455 | $4,455 | $4,455 – $4,455 |
| 17 | Humana hmo/pos facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,840 | $4,840 | $4,840 – $4,840 |
| 18 | Humana medicare managed care plan facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,840 | $4,840 | $4,840 – $4,840 |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,051 | $5,051 | $5,051 – $5,051 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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