Pleural fluid drainage with imaging guidance at Laird Hospital, 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

Union, MS

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Laird Hospital, Inc.’s median price of $872 is 11% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 44% 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 Laird Hospital, Inc.

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 23 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	Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$89.91	$89.91	$81.06 – $98.76
2	Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$98.76	$98.76	$98.76 – $98.76
3	Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$98.76	$98.76	$98.76 – $98.76
4	WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$98.76	$98.76	$98.76 – $98.76
5	Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$138.26	$138.26	$138.26 – $138.26
6	Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$220.01	$220.01	$220.01 – $220.01
7	UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$292.26	$227.76	$98.76 – $292.26
8	Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$281.81	$281.81	$281.81 – $281.81
9	Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$282.60	$338.06	$88.88 – $698.16
10	UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient	$993.75	$993.75	$795.00 – $1,193
11	Humana all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,006	$1,006	$711.52 – $1,301
12	MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,038	$1,048	$210.00 – $1,898
13	Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,090	$1,090	$770.61 – $1,409
14	Cigna Healthspring all payor other · outpatient	$1,233	$1,233	$871.61 – $1,594
15	Humana all payor other · outpatient	$1,233	$1,233	$871.61 – $1,594
16	Optum all payor other · outpatient	$1,233	$1,233	$871.61 – $1,594
17	UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient	$1,233	$1,233	$871.61 – $1,594
18	Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$1,022	$1,244	$162.00 – $2,770
19	Ambetter all payor other · outpatient	$1,245	$1,245	$880.32 – $1,610
20	Molina all payor other · outpatient	$1,245	$1,245	$880.32 – $1,610
21	WellCare all payor other · outpatient	$1,245	$1,245	$880.32 – $1,610
22	Aetna all payor other · outpatient	$1,272	$1,272	$899.28 – $1,645
23	Bcbs Ms all payor other · outpatient	$1,370	$1,370	$968.45 – $1,771

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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