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
Brainerd, MN
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Essentia Health St. Joseph's Medical Center’s median price of $664 is 32% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 26% 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, 25 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 | $376.04 | $376.04 | $376.04 – $376.04 |
| 2 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $510.39 | $510.39 | $510.39 – $510.39 |
| 3 | Sanford Health Plan commercia-ndpers facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $510.39 | $510.39 | $510.39 – $510.39 |
| 4 | Healthpartners medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $511.70 | $511.70 | $511.70 – $511.70 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $535.50 | $535.50 | $535.50 – $535.50 |
| 6 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $537.28 | $537.28 | $537.28 – $537.28 |
| 7 | Sanford Health Plan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $537.28 | $537.28 | $537.28 – $537.28 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $664.11 | $664.11 | $664.11 – $664.11 |
| 9 | Healthpartners medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $664.11 | $664.11 | $664.11 – $664.11 |
| 10 | Medica medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $664.11 | $664.11 | $664.11 – $664.11 |
| 11 | Ucare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $664.11 | $664.11 | $664.11 – $664.11 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $664.11 | $664.11 | $664.11 – $664.11 |
| 13 | Medica commercial-fi facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $756.84 | $756.84 | $756.84 – $756.84 |
| 14 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $783.02 | $783.02 | $783.02 – $783.02 |
| 15 | Ucare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $783.02 | $783.02 | $783.02 – $783.02 |
| 16 | Medica commercial-si facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $798.49 | $798.49 | $798.49 – $798.49 |
| 17 | Medica commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $811.58 | $811.58 | $756.84 – $866.32 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $833.00 | $833.00 | $833.00 – $833.00 |
| 19 | Medica ifb aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $841.33 | $841.33 | $841.33 – $841.33 |
| 20 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $874.65 | $874.65 | $874.65 – $874.65 |
| 21 | Healthpartners commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $874.65 | $874.65 | $874.65 – $874.65 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $905.59 | $905.59 | $905.59 – $905.59 |
| 23 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,012 | $1,012 | $1,012 – $1,012 |
| 24 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,012 | $1,012 | $1,012 – $1,012 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs mn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,323 | $2,323 | $2,323 – $2,323 |
Last updated: Jan 1, 2026
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