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
St. Paul, MN
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Fairview Bethesda Hospital’s median price of $1.1k is 11% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 56% 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, 64 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 | Ucare pmap fee schedule · both | $73.69 | $73.69 | $73.69 – $73.69 |
| 2 | Medica minnesota care/accessability/choice care government fee schedule · both | $77.22 | $77.22 | $77.22 – $77.22 |
| 3 | Bcbs Mn managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $82.63 | $82.63 | $82.63 – $82.63 |
| 4 | Sanford Health Plan medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $98.08 | $98.08 | $98.08 – $98.08 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $98.08 | $98.08 | $98.08 – $98.08 |
| 6 | WellCare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $98.08 | $98.08 | $98.08 – $98.08 |
| 7 | Bcbs Mn medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $102.00 | $102.00 | $102.00 – $102.00 |
| 8 | Medica medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $105.33 | $105.33 | $105.33 – $105.33 |
| 9 | Ucare medicare advantage/msho fee schedule · both | $105.93 | $105.93 | $105.93 – $105.93 |
| 10 | Medica msho fee schedule · both | $107.32 | $107.32 | $107.32 – $107.32 |
| 11 | Ucare individual and family with m health fairview fee schedule · both | $258.83 | $258.83 | $258.83 – $258.83 |
| 12 | Ucare individual and family fee schedule · both | $272.66 | $272.66 | $272.66 – $272.66 |
| 13 | Medica bold fee schedule · both | $309.55 | $309.55 | $309.55 – $309.55 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare commercial fee schedule · both | $335.15 | $335.15 | $335.15 – $335.15 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare core fee schedule · both | $335.15 | $335.15 | $335.15 – $335.15 |
| 16 | Medica vantage si fee schedule · both | $335.34 | $335.34 | $335.34 – $335.34 |
| 17 | Medica city of st paul and essential/uplan fee schedule · both | $343.94 | $343.94 | $343.94 – $343.94 |
| 18 | Medica individual and family, elect fee schedule · both | $343.94 | $343.94 | $343.94 – $343.94 |
| 19 | Medica choice fee schedule · both | $355.95 | $355.95 | $355.95 – $355.95 |
| 20 | Bcbs Mn aware federal fee schedule · both | $357.41 | $357.41 | $357.41 – $357.41 |
| 21 | Bcbs Mn commercial fee schedule · both | $363.84 | $363.84 | $363.84 – $363.84 |
| 22 | Bcbs Mn managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $517.11 | $553.54 | $514.66 – $775.73 |
| 23 | Bcbs Mn managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $532.77 | $570.30 | $530.25 – $799.23 |
| 24 | Sanford Health Plan medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $615.41 | $615.41 | $615.41 – $615.41 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $615.41 | $615.41 | $615.41 – $615.41 |
Last updated: Jan 29, 2026
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