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
ST, LA
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Kaplan General Hospital, Inc’s median price of $1.1k is 13% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 56% 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, 13 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 | $435.83 | $435.83 | $349.65 – $522.00 |
| 5 | Bcbs La all payor other · outpatient | $1,110 | $1,110 | $1,110 – $1,110 |
| 6 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $1,110 | $1,110 | $1,110 – $1,110 |
| 7 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $1,110 | $1,110 | $1,110 – $1,110 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $1,110 | $1,110 | $1,110 – $1,110 |
| 9 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $1,110 | $1,110 | $1,110 – $1,110 |
| 10 | Tricare all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,292 | $1,292 | $1,292 – $1,292 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1,329 | $1,329 | $1,110 – $1,549 |
| 12 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,726 | $1,726 | $1,726 – $1,726 |
| 13 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,769 | $1,769 | $1,695 – $1,843 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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