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
ASPIRATE PLEURA W/O IMAGING
Jackson, MS
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Jackson HMA LLC’s median price of $784 is 6% below the median hospital's median price ($838), higher than 44% of the 2,291 hospitals reporting CPT 32554. 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, 21 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 | UnitedHealthcare uhc chip medicaid ms facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $471 | $471 | — | — | — | $471 – $471 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare uhc medicaid ms facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $471 | $471 | — | — | — | $471 – $471 |
| 3 | Molina molina medicaid ms facility · other · outpatient | $476 | $476 | — | — | — | $476 – $476 |
| 4 | Caresource caresource truecare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $481 | $481 | — | — | — | $481 – $481 |
| 5 | Molina molina chip facility · other · outpatient | $509 | $509 | — | — | — | $509 – $509 |
| 6 | Tricare node tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $538 | $538 | — | — | — | $538 – $538 |
| 7 | Humana node humana mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $557 | $557 | — | — | — | $557 – $557 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare node uhc mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $557 | $557 | — | — | — | $557 – $557 |
| 9 | Optum node united optum va ccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $566 | $566 | — | — | — | $566 – $566 |
| 10 | Cigna Healthspring node cigna healthspring mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $568 | $568 | — | — | — | $568 – $568 |
| 11 | Devoted node devoted health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $568 | $568 | — | — | — | $568 – $568 |
| 12 | Molina node molina mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $568 | $568 | — | — | — | $568 – $568 |
| 13 | Aetna node first choice aetna mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $574 | $574 | — | — | — | $574 – $574 |
| 14 | WellCare node first choice wellcare mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $578 | $578 | — | — | — | $578 – $578 |
| 15 | Molina molina exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $851 | $851 | — | — | — | $851 – $851 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare uhc iex facility · case rate · outpatient | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare uhc apa facility · case rate · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs ms fmp facility · other · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 19 | Cigna cigna facility · case rate · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | — | — | — | $3.1k – $3.1k |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare uhc options ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 21 | Aetna aetna pho facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $11.0k | $11.0k | — | — | — | $11.0k – $11.0k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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