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 Thoracentesis Pleural Space Needle/Catheter Aspiration W/ Imaging Guidance Bl
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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Holy Cross Hospital-Ft. Lauderdale’s median price of $2.3k is 135% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 89% 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: 21 payers, 35 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 | Humana humana hmo-ppo facility · fee schedule · both | $609.00 | $609.00 | $609.00 – $609.00 |
| 2 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage facility · other · both | $641.98 | $641.98 | $641.98 – $641.98 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicare advantage facility · other · both | $641.98 | $641.98 | $641.98 – $641.98 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs medicare advantage facility · other · both | $655.08 | $655.08 | $655.08 – $655.08 |
| 5 | Oscar oscar medicare advantage facility · other · both | $655.08 | $655.08 | $655.08 – $655.08 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna medicare advantage facility · other · both | $661.24 | $661.24 | $661.24 – $661.24 |
| 7 | WellCare wellcare medicare advantage facility · other · both | $674.08 | $674.08 | $674.08 – $674.08 |
| 8 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · both | $687.83 | $687.83 | $687.83 – $687.83 |
| 9 | Molina molina healthcare medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $768.00 | $896.00 | $768.00 – $1,152 |
| 10 | Molina molina marketplace hmo facility · other · both | $914.79 | $914.79 | $914.79 – $914.79 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield truli for health facility · other · both | $1,002 | $1,002 | $1,002 – $1,002 |
| 12 | Oscar oscar marketplace health plan facility · other · both | $1,114 | $1,114 | $1,114 – $1,114 |
| 13 | Ambetter ambetter marketplace facility · other · both | $1,145 | $1,145 | $1,145 – $1,145 |
| 14 | First Health first health international facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,021 | $1,192 | $1,021 – $1,532 |
| 15 | Aetna aetna global benefits facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,285 | $1,499 | $1,285 – $1,928 |
| 16 | First Health first health facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,503 | $1,753 | $1,503 – $2,254 |
| 17 | Phcs phcs facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,792 | $2,091 | $1,792 – $2,688 |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs my blue facility · case rate · both | $2,331 | $2,331 | $2,331 – $2,331 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare hmo choice plus facility · fee schedule · both | $2,354 | $2,354 | $2,354 – $2,354 |
| 20 | MultiPlan beech street facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,253 | $2,628 | $2,253 – $3,379 |
| 21 | MultiPlan dimension health multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,253 | $2,628 | $2,253 – $3,379 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs health options hmo facility · case rate · both | $2,782 | $2,782 | $2,782 – $2,782 |
| 23 | Humana humana medicaid hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,560 | $2,987 | $2,560 – $3,840 |
| 24 | WellCare sunshine state health plan medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,560 | $2,987 | $2,560 – $3,840 |
| 25 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs network blue facility · case rate · both | $3,101 | $3,101 | $3,101 – $3,101 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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