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
Lafayette, LA
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Lafayette General Medical Center Inc’s median price of $1.4k is 24% 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: 10 payers, 15 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 other · outpatient | $216.73 | $216.73 | $216.73 – $216.73 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $216.73 | $216.73 | $216.73 – $216.73 |
| 3 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $216.73 | $216.73 | $216.73 – $216.73 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $216.73 | $216.73 | $216.73 – $216.73 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $766.00 | $766.00 | $766.00 – $766.00 |
| 6 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,150 | $1,150 | $1,150 – $1,150 |
| 7 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,413 | $1,413 | $1,413 – $1,413 |
| 8 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,413 | $1,413 | $1,413 – $1,413 |
| 9 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,413 | $1,413 | $1,413 – $1,413 |
| 10 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,413 | $1,413 | $1,413 – $1,413 |
| 11 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,413 | $1,413 | $1,413 – $1,413 |
| 12 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $1,413 | $1,413 | $1,413 – $1,413 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,413 | $1,413 | $1,413 – $1,413 |
| 14 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,484 | $1,484 | $1,484 – $1,484 |
| 15 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,335 | $2,335 | $2,227 – $2,443 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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