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 INSERT CATH PLEURA W/ IMAGE
Lexington, NC
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Lexington Medical Center’s median price of $593 is 68% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 9% 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: 11 payers, 32 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 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $255.57 | $255.57 | $255.57 – $255.57 |
| 2 | WellCare medicaid managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $255.57 | $255.57 | $255.57 – $255.57 |
| 3 | Medcost employee managed care percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $294.12 | $294.12 | $294.12 – $294.12 |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue local individual percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $319.63 | $319.63 | $319.63 – $319.63 |
| 5 | Medcost employee managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $373.35 | $373.35 | $373.35 – $373.35 |
| 6 | Aetna ivl exchange percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $381.41 | $381.41 | $381.41 – $381.41 |
| 7 | Ambetter managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $385.44 | $385.44 | $385.44 – $385.44 |
| 8 | Aetna ivl exchange percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $401.56 | $401.56 | $401.56 – $401.56 |
| 9 | Oscar managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $429.76 | $429.76 | $429.76 – $429.76 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hpn percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $430.30 | $430.30 | $430.30 – $430.30 |
| 11 | Medcost ultra managed care percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $453.93 | $453.93 | $453.93 – $453.93 |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue value percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $486.17 | $486.17 | $486.17 – $486.17 |
| 13 | Medcost ultra managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $503.63 | $503.63 | $503.63 – $503.63 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo/ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $512.22 | $512.22 | $512.22 – $512.22 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare iex individual percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $527.80 | $527.80 | $527.80 – $527.80 |
| 16 | Cigna managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $584.21 | $584.21 | $584.21 – $584.21 |
| 17 | Oscar managed care percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $590.92 | $590.92 | $590.92 – $590.92 |
| 18 | Cigna managed care percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $594.95 | $594.95 | $594.95 – $594.95 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $601.66 | $601.66 | $601.66 – $601.66 |
| 20 | Aetna whole health percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $870.26 | $870.26 | $870.26 – $870.26 |
| 21 | Medcost mbs and leased managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $872.95 | $872.95 | $872.95 – $872.95 |
| 22 | Medcost mbs and leased managed care percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $898.47 | $898.47 | $898.47 – $898.47 |
| 23 | Aetna nc+ preferred percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,018 | $1,018 | $1,018 – $1,018 |
| 24 | Aetna managed care percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,166 | $1,166 | $1,166 – $1,166 |
| 25 | Aetna managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,166 | $1,166 | $1,166 – $1,166 |
Last updated: Oct 8, 2025
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