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
Duluth, MN
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Essentia Health Duluth’s median price of $967 is 1% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 50% 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, 33 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 | Medica medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $578.92 | $578.92 | $578.92 – $578.92 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $606.76 | $606.76 | $606.76 – $606.76 |
| 3 | Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $606.76 | $606.76 | $606.76 – $606.76 |
| 4 | Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $606.76 | $606.76 | $606.76 – $606.76 |
| 5 | Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $606.76 | $606.76 | $606.76 – $606.76 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $606.76 | $606.76 | $606.76 – $606.76 |
| 7 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $696.10 | $696.10 | $696.10 – $696.10 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $723.21 | $723.21 | $723.21 – $723.21 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $723.39 | $723.39 | $723.39 – $723.39 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield shp facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $723.39 | $723.39 | $723.39 – $723.39 |
| 11 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $750.15 | $750.15 | $750.15 – $750.15 |
| 12 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $750.15 | $750.15 | $750.15 – $750.15 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $787.05 | $787.05 | $787.05 – $787.05 |
| 14 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $789.67 | $789.67 | $789.67 – $789.67 |
| 15 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $789.67 | $789.67 | $789.67 – $789.67 |
| 16 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $967.20 | $967.20 | $967.20 – $967.20 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $988.21 | $988.21 | $988.21 – $988.21 |
| 18 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $993.43 | $993.43 | $993.43 – $993.43 |
| 19 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,018 | $1,018 | $967.20 – $1,069 |
| 20 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,049 | $1,049 | $1,049 – $1,049 |
| 21 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,095 | $1,095 | $1,095 – $1,095 |
| 22 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,095 | $1,095 | $1,095 – $1,095 |
| 23 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,151 | $1,151 | $1,151 – $1,151 |
| 24 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,151 | $1,151 | $1,151 – $1,151 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,167 | $1,167 | $1,167 – $1,167 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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