Pleural fluid drainage with imaging guidance at Lafayette General Medical Center Inc

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

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HC THORACENTESIS W/IMAGING

Lafayette, LA

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Lafayette General Medical Center Inc’s median price of $563 is 43% 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.

Payers reporting CPT 32555 at Lafayette General Medical Center Inc

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 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	$359.35	$359.35	$359.35 – $359.35
2	Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient	$359.35	$359.35	$359.35 – $359.35
3	Humana all payor case rate · outpatient	$359.35	$359.35	$359.35 – $359.35
4	Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$562.54	$562.54	$562.54 – $562.54
5	Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$562.54	$562.54	$562.54 – $562.54
6	Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$562.54	$562.54	$562.54 – $562.54
7	Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$562.54	$562.54	$562.54 – $562.54
8	Tricare all payor other · outpatient	$562.54	$562.54	$562.54 – $562.54
9	UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$562.54	$562.54	$562.54 – $562.54
10	WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$590.67	$590.67	$590.67 – $590.67
11	UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient	$1,152	$1,152	$359.35 – $1,944
12	Aetna all payor other · outpatient	$1,263	$1,263	$1,263 – $1,263
13	Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient	$1,634	$1,634	$1,634 – $1,634
14	Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$2,227	$1,981	$562.54 – $2,443

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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