Image-guided pleural catheter placement at Fairview Bethesda Hospital

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Original text from hospital filings

HC PERQ DRAINAGE PLEURA INSERT CATH W/IMAGING, UNILATERAL

St. Paul, MN

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Fairview Bethesda Hospital’s median price of $2.5k is 32% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 71% of the 2,232 hospitals reporting CPT 32557. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 32557 at Fairview Bethesda Hospital

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 61 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	$100.32	$100.32	$100.32 – $100.32
2	Medica minnesota care/accessability/choice care government fee schedule · both	$105.23	$105.23	$105.23 – $105.23
3	Bcbs Mn managed medicaid fee schedule · both	$112.60	$112.60	$112.60 – $112.60
4	Sanford Health Plan medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$133.73	$133.73	$133.73 – $133.73
5	UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$133.73	$133.73	$133.73 – $133.73
6	WellCare medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$133.73	$133.73	$133.73 – $133.73
7	Bcbs Mn medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$139.08	$139.08	$139.08 – $139.08
8	Medica medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$143.62	$143.62	$143.62 – $143.62
9	Ucare medicare advantage/msho fee schedule · both	$144.43	$144.43	$144.43 – $144.43
10	Medica msho fee schedule · both	$146.33	$146.33	$146.33 – $146.33
11	Ucare individual and family with m health fairview fee schedule · both	$352.91	$352.91	$352.91 – $352.91
12	Ucare individual and family fee schedule · both	$371.77	$371.77	$371.77 – $371.77
13	Medica bold fee schedule · both	$421.97	$421.97	$421.97 – $421.97
14	Medica vantage si fee schedule · both	$457.13	$457.13	$457.13 – $457.13
15	UnitedHealthcare commercial fee schedule · both	$457.95	$457.95	$457.95 – $457.95
16	UnitedHealthcare core fee schedule · both	$457.95	$457.95	$457.95 – $457.95
17	Medica city of st paul and essential/uplan fee schedule · both	$468.85	$468.85	$468.85 – $468.85
18	Medica individual and family, elect fee schedule · both	$468.85	$468.85	$468.85 – $468.85
19	Medica choice fee schedule · both	$485.23	$485.23	$485.23 – $485.23
20	Bcbs Mn aware federal fee schedule · both	$488.09	$488.09	$488.09 – $488.09
21	Bcbs Mn commercial fee schedule · both	$496.88	$496.88	$496.88 – $496.88
22	Bcbs Mn managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$1,148	$1,339	$1,148 – $1,722
23	Bcbs Mn managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,183	$1,380	$1,183 – $1,774
24	Sanford Health Plan medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient	$1,546	$1,546	$1,546 – $1,546
25	UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient	$1,546	$1,546	$1,546 – $1,546

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Last updated: Jan 29, 2026

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