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
Chalmette, LA
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Hospital Service District Of The Parish Of St. Bernard, State Of Louisiana’s median price of $568 is 42% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 13% 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: 12 payers, 14 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 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $349.65 | $349.65 | $349.65 – $349.65 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $349.65 | $349.65 | $349.65 – $349.65 |
| 3 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $349.65 | $349.65 | $349.65 – $349.65 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $349.65 | $349.65 | $349.65 – $349.65 |
| 5 | Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $460.01 | $460.01 | $460.01 – $460.01 |
| 6 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $465.44 | $465.44 | $465.44 – $465.44 |
| 7 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $507.65 | $507.65 | $507.65 – $507.65 |
| 8 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $539.28 | $539.28 | $539.28 – $539.28 |
| 9 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $567.66 | $567.66 | $567.66 – $567.66 |
| 10 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $567.66 | $567.66 | $567.66 – $567.66 |
| 11 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $567.66 | $567.66 | $567.66 – $567.66 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $754.22 | $754.22 | $567.66 – $940.78 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $875.20 | $875.20 | $567.66 – $1,183 |
| 14 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,250 | $1,203 | $567.66 – $1,452 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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