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 THORACENTESIS W/O GUIDANCE
Lancaster, PA
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Lancaster General Health’s median price of $1.3k is 60% above the median hospital's median price ($827), higher than 74% of the 2,329 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, 33 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 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $574 | $574 | — | — | — | $574 – $574 |
| 2 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $631 | $631 | — | — | — | $631 – $631 |
| 3 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $637 | $637 | — | — | — | $637 – $637 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $637 | $637 | — | — | — | $637 – $637 |
| 5 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $644 | $644 | — | — | — | $644 – $644 |
| 6 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $647 | $647 | — | — | — | $647 – $647 |
| 7 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $650 | $650 | — | — | — | $650 – $650 |
| 8 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $650 | $650 | — | — | — | $650 – $650 |
| 9 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $656 | $656 | — | — | — | $656 – $656 |
| 10 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $669 | $669 | — | — | — | $669 – $669 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $674 | $674 | — | — | — | $674 – $674 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid mco facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $854 | $854 | — | — | — | $854 – $854 |
| 13 | Highmark highmark chip facility · other · outpatient | $999 | $999 | — | — | — | $999 – $999 |
| 14 | Highmark highmark aca facility · other · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 15 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 16 | Highmark highmark commercial preferred facility · other · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 17 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 18 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 19 | Cigna cigna new business facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 20 | Highmark highmark commercial facility · other · outpatient | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 21 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 23 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 24 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 25 | Highmark highmark aca facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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