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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HC THORACENTESIS W/IMAGING
Houma, LA
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Hospital Service District #1, Parish of Terrebonne, State of Louisiana dba Terrebonne General Health System’s median price of $856 is 13% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 43% 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: 10 payers, 22 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 | Medicaid medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $235.61 | $235.61 | $235.61 – $235.61 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc community health/medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $235.61 | $235.61 | $235.61 – $235.61 |
| 3 | Aetna aetna/medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $242.68 | $242.68 | $242.68 – $242.68 |
| 4 | Humana louisiana managed medicaid-humana facility · other · outpatient | $247.32 | $247.32 | $247.32 – $247.32 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare blue cross advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $558.93 | $558.93 | $558.93 – $558.93 |
| 6 | Humana humana medicare pffs/hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $558.93 | $558.93 | $558.93 – $558.93 |
| 7 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $558.93 | $558.93 | $558.93 – $558.93 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $558.93 | $558.93 | $558.93 – $558.93 |
| 9 | Tricare champus/tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $568.02 | $568.02 | $568.02 – $568.02 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare va ccn optum - uhc facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $568.02 | $568.02 | $568.02 – $568.02 |
| 11 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · other · outpatient | $855.56 | $855.56 | $855.56 – $855.56 |
| 12 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $855.56 | $855.56 | $855.56 – $855.56 |
| 13 | Cigna cigna ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $883.20 | $883.20 | $883.20 – $883.20 |
| 14 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,079 | $1,079 | $1,079 – $1,079 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross of la blue connect facility · other · outpatient | $1,150 | $1,150 | $1,150 – $1,150 |
| 16 | Bcbs La bc hmo facility · other · outpatient | $1,221 | $1,221 | $1,221 – $1,221 |
| 17 | Bcbs La bc ppo facility · other · outpatient | $1,570 | $1,570 | $1,570 – $1,570 |
| 18 | Humana humana facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,709 | $1,709 | $1,709 – $1,709 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare uhc select facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,987 | $1,987 | $1,987 – $1,987 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare heritage facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,987 | $1,987 | $1,987 – $1,987 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare navigate facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,987 | $1,987 | $1,987 – $1,987 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare facility · case rate · outpatient | $2,137 | $2,137 | $2,137 – $2,137 |
Last updated: Feb 27, 2026
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