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 PLEURAL DRAINAGE, PERC, W CATH PLMNT; IMAGING GUID
Chalmette, LA
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Hospital Service District Of The Parish Of St. Bernard, State Of Louisiana’s median price of $1.4k is 23% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 23% 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: 12 payers, 16 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 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,187 | $1,187 | $1,187 – $1,187 |
| 2 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,250 | $1,331 | $1,250 – $1,452 |
| 3 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $1,355 | $1,355 | $1,355 – $1,355 |
| 4 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,426 | $1,426 | $1,426 – $1,426 |
| 5 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,426 | $1,426 | $1,426 – $1,426 |
| 6 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,426 | $1,426 | $1,426 – $1,426 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,426 | $1,426 | $1,426 – $1,426 |
| 8 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,426 | $1,426 | $1,426 – $1,426 |
| 9 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $1,753 | $1,753 | $1,753 – $1,753 |
| 10 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $1,753 | $1,753 | $1,753 – $1,753 |
| 11 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $1,753 | $1,753 | $1,753 – $1,753 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $1,753 | $1,753 | $1,753 – $1,753 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,199 | $2,199 | $1,426 – $2,972 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,364 | $2,364 | $2,364 – $2,364 |
| 15 | Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,313 | $3,313 | $3,313 – $3,313 |
| 16 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,656 | $3,656 | $3,656 – $3,656 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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