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
IP ASPIRATE PLEURA W/ IMAGING
Winston-Salem, NC
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Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc.’s median price of $1.4k is 45% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 68% 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: 11 payers, 28 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield healthy blue medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $422.17 | $422.17 | $422.17 – $422.17 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $422.17 | $422.17 | $422.17 – $422.17 |
| 3 | WellCare medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $422.17 | $422.17 | $422.17 – $422.17 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $608.40 | $608.40 | $608.40 – $608.40 |
| 5 | Humana medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $608.40 | $608.40 | $608.40 – $608.40 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $608.40 | $608.40 | $608.40 – $608.40 |
| 7 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $623.61 | $623.61 | $623.61 – $623.61 |
| 8 | Cigna healthspring fee schedule · outpatient | $626.65 | $626.65 | $626.65 – $626.65 |
| 9 | Cigna aca fee schedule · outpatient | $862.62 | $862.62 | $862.62 – $862.62 |
| 10 | Caresource qualified health plan fee schedule · outpatient | $891.60 | $891.60 | $891.60 – $891.60 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue home fee schedule · outpatient | $1,164 | $1,164 | $1,164 – $1,164 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value fee schedule · outpatient | $1,204 | $1,204 | $1,204 – $1,204 |
| 13 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $1,324 | $1,324 | $1,324 – $1,324 |
| 14 | Aetna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $1,373 | $1,373 | $1,373 – $1,373 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare all payer fee schedule · outpatient | $1,500 | $1,500 | $1,500 – $1,500 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,531 | $1,531 | $1,531 – $1,531 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,531 | $1,531 | $1,531 – $1,531 |
| 18 | Humana commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $1,736 | $1,736 | $1,736 – $1,736 |
| 19 | Aetna aca fee schedule · outpatient | $1,783 | $1,783 | $1,783 – $1,783 |
| 20 | Aetna first health fee schedule · outpatient | $1,783 | $1,783 | $1,783 – $1,783 |
| 21 | Aetna non-par products of apcn fee schedule · outpatient | $1,783 | $1,783 | $1,783 – $1,783 |
| 22 | Aetna rental network products fee schedule · outpatient | $1,783 | $1,783 | $1,783 – $1,783 |
| 23 | Aetna whole health non-multitier fee schedule · outpatient | $1,783 | $1,783 | $1,783 – $1,783 |
| 24 | Medcost mbs fee schedule · outpatient | $1,895 | $1,895 | $1,895 – $1,895 |
| 25 | Beechstreet commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $2,006 | $2,006 | $2,006 – $2,006 |
Last updated: Mar 30, 2026
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