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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INSERT CATH PLEURA W/ IMAGE
Alamogordo, NM
See all hospitals reporting CPT 32557 →Price type
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center’s median price of $1.6k is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 35% 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: 7 payers, 17 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 | Magellan medicaid hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $389.80 | $389.80 | $389.80 – $389.80 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $389.80 | $389.80 | $389.80 – $389.80 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield centennial care medicaid hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $428.78 | $428.78 | $428.78 – $428.78 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield community centennil fee schedule · outpatient | $428.78 | $428.78 | $428.78 – $428.78 |
| 5 | Molina medicaid hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $428.78 | $428.78 | $428.78 – $428.78 |
| 6 | Tricare east region fee schedule · outpatient | $1,526 | $1,526 | $1,526 – $1,526 |
| 7 | Tricare for life fee schedule · outpatient | $1,526 | $1,526 | $1,526 – $1,526 |
| 8 | Tricare nato west healthnet fee schedule · outpatient | $1,526 | $1,526 | $1,526 – $1,526 |
| 9 | Tricare prime west healthnet fee schedule · outpatient | $1,526 | $1,526 | $1,526 – $1,526 |
| 10 | Tricare standard west healthnet fee schedule · outpatient | $1,526 | $1,526 | $1,526 – $1,526 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,580 | $1,580 | $1,580 – $1,580 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,580 | $1,580 | $1,580 – $1,580 |
| 13 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare plus blue fee schedule · outpatient | $1,580 | $1,580 | $1,580 – $1,580 |
| 14 | Humana medicare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,580 | $1,580 | $1,580 – $1,580 |
| 15 | Molina medicare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,580 | $1,580 | $1,580 – $1,580 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare medicare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,580 | $1,580 | $1,580 – $1,580 |
| 17 | Magellan medicare hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,754 | $1,754 | $1,754 – $1,754 |
Last updated: Jan 12, 2026
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