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 PERQ DRAINAGE PLEURA INSERT CATH W/IMAGING, UNILATERAL
Minneapolis, MN
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Fairview Health Services’s median price of $586 is 69% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 9% 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: 12 payers, 78 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 government transplant fee schedule · both | $100.32 | $100.32 | $100.32 – $100.32 |
| 2 | Ucare pmap fee schedule · both | $100.32 | $100.32 | $100.32 – $100.32 |
| 3 | Medica managed medicaid/accessability fee schedule · both | $105.23 | $105.23 | $105.23 – $105.23 |
| 4 | Bcbs Mn pmap fee schedule · both | $112.60 | $112.60 | $112.60 – $112.60 |
| 5 | Sanford Health Plan medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $133.73 | $133.73 | $133.73 – $133.73 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $133.73 | $133.73 | $133.73 – $133.73 |
| 7 | WellCare medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $133.73 | $133.73 | $133.73 – $133.73 |
| 8 | Bcbs Mn medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $139.08 | $139.08 | $139.08 – $139.08 |
| 9 | Medica medicare advantage non-snp fee schedule · both | $143.62 | $143.62 | $143.62 – $143.62 |
| 10 | Optum medicaid transplant fee schedule · both | $144.43 | $144.43 | $144.43 – $144.43 |
| 11 | Optum medicare transplant fee schedule · both | $144.43 | $144.43 | $144.43 – $144.43 |
| 12 | Ucare medicare advantage/msho fee schedule · both | $144.43 | $144.43 | $144.43 – $144.43 |
| 13 | Medica msho/medicare advantage snp fee schedule · both | $146.33 | $146.33 | $146.33 – $146.33 |
| 14 | Medica managed medicaid/accessability fee schedule · outpatient | $301.10 | $301.10 | $301.10 – $301.10 |
| 15 | Medica msho/medicare advantage snp fee schedule · outpatient | $325.58 | $325.58 | $325.58 – $325.58 |
| 16 | Ucare individual and family with m health fairview fee schedule · both | $352.91 | $352.91 | $352.91 – $352.91 |
| 17 | Ucare commercial transplant fee schedule · both | $371.77 | $371.77 | $371.77 – $371.77 |
| 18 | Ucare individual and family fee schedule · both | $371.77 | $371.77 | $371.77 – $371.77 |
| 19 | Medica bold fee schedule · both | $421.97 | $421.97 | $421.97 – $421.97 |
| 20 | Medica vantage self insured fee schedule · both | $457.13 | $457.13 | $457.13 – $457.13 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare commercial fee schedule · both | $457.95 | $457.95 | $457.95 – $457.95 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare core fee schedule · both | $457.95 | $457.95 | $457.95 – $457.95 |
| 23 | Medica city of st. paul/essential fee schedule · both | $468.85 | $468.85 | $468.85 – $468.85 |
| 24 | Medica individual and family business except aco fee schedule · both | $468.85 | $468.85 | $468.85 – $468.85 |
| 25 | Medica choice fee schedule · both | $485.23 | $485.23 | $485.23 – $485.23 |
Last updated: Feb 6, 2026
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