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.
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IP INSERT CATH PLEURA W/ IMAGE
Winston-Salem, NC
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Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Inc.’s median price of $2.1k is 12% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 61% 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: 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 | $596.98 | $596.98 | $596.98 – $596.98 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $596.98 | $596.98 | $596.98 – $596.98 |
| 3 | WellCare medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $596.98 | $596.98 | $596.98 – $596.98 |
| 4 | Cigna aca fee schedule · outpatient | $1,220 | $1,220 | $1,220 – $1,220 |
| 5 | Caresource qualified health plan fee schedule · outpatient | $1,261 | $1,261 | $1,261 – $1,261 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $1,527 | $1,527 | $1,527 – $1,527 |
| 7 | Humana medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $1,527 | $1,527 | $1,527 – $1,527 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $1,527 | $1,527 | $1,527 – $1,527 |
| 9 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $1,565 | $1,565 | $1,565 – $1,565 |
| 10 | Cigna healthspring fee schedule · outpatient | $1,573 | $1,573 | $1,573 – $1,573 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue home fee schedule · outpatient | $1,645 | $1,645 | $1,645 – $1,645 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value fee schedule · outpatient | $1,702 | $1,702 | $1,702 – $1,702 |
| 13 | Cigna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $1,872 | $1,872 | $1,872 – $1,872 |
| 14 | Aetna commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $1,942 | $1,942 | $1,942 – $1,942 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare all payer fee schedule · outpatient | $2,121 | $2,121 | $2,121 – $2,121 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,165 | $2,165 | $2,165 – $2,165 |
| 17 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $2,165 | $2,165 | $2,165 – $2,165 |
| 18 | Humana commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $2,455 | $2,455 | $2,455 – $2,455 |
| 19 | Aetna aca fee schedule · outpatient | $2,522 | $2,522 | $2,522 – $2,522 |
| 20 | Aetna first health fee schedule · outpatient | $2,522 | $2,522 | $2,522 – $2,522 |
| 21 | Aetna non-par products of apcn fee schedule · outpatient | $2,522 | $2,522 | $2,522 – $2,522 |
| 22 | Aetna rental network products fee schedule · outpatient | $2,522 | $2,522 | $2,522 – $2,522 |
| 23 | Aetna whole health non-multitier fee schedule · outpatient | $2,522 | $2,522 | $2,522 – $2,522 |
| 24 | Medcost mbs fee schedule · outpatient | $2,679 | $2,679 | $2,679 – $2,679 |
| 25 | Beechstreet commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $2,837 | $2,837 | $2,837 – $2,837 |
Last updated: Mar 30, 2026
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