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 W/ CATH INSERT W/O GUIDANCE
Lancaster, PA
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Lancaster General Health’s median price of $1.9k is 4% below the median hospital's median price ($2.0k), higher than 45% of the 2,172 hospitals reporting CPT 32556. 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $717 | $717 | — | — | — | $717 – $717 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicaid mco facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $854 | $854 | — | — | — | $854 – $854 |
| 3 | Highmark highmark chip facility · other · outpatient | $1.1k | $1.1k | — | — | — | $1.1k – $1.1k |
| 4 | Highmark highmark aca facility · other · outpatient | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 5 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 6 | Highmark highmark commercial preferred facility · other · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 7 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.5k | $1.5k | — | — | — | $1.5k – $1.5k |
| 8 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.7k | $1.7k | — | — | — | $1.7k – $1.7k |
| 9 | Cigna cigna new business facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 10 | Highmark highmark commercial facility · other · outpatient | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 11 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 15 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 16 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 18 | Aetna aetna medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 19 | Blue Cross Blue Shield cbc medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 20 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth caritas med adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield independence blue cross medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 22 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 23 | Devoted devoted health medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 24 | Highmark highmark aca facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 25 | Highmark highmark chip facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | — | $2.2k – $2.2k |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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