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 INSERTION/CATH PLEURAL CAVITY
St, NE
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Mayo Clinic Health System’s median price of $3.3k is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($3.9k), higher than 26% of the 2,176 hospitals reporting CPT 32550. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 15 payers, 67 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 | Medica medica prime solutions part b medicare advantage plan [150] facility · fee schedule · both | $170 | $170 | — | — | — | $170 – $170 |
| 2 | Healthpartners healthpartners medicare advantage plan part b [610] facility · fee schedule · both | $256 | $256 | — | — | — | $256 – $256 |
| 3 | Ucare ucare msho medicare advantage plan [946] professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $645 | $645 | — | — | — | $645 – $645 |
| 4 | Ucare ucare connect medicare advantage plan [945] professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $695 | $695 | — | — | — | $695 – $695 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross blue shield federal retiree [1126] professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $790 | $790 | — | — | — | $790 – $790 |
| 6 | Optum veteran affairs optum [1054] professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $790 | $790 | — | — | — | $790 – $790 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield & swwi bcbs medicare advantage plan aco [1278] professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $814 | $814 | — | — | — | $814 – $814 |
| 8 | Medica medica advantage solution [790] professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $814 | $814 | — | — | — | $814 – $814 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield & swwi bcbs medicare advantage plan msho [257] professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $830 | $830 | — | — | — | $830 – $830 |
| 10 | Medica medica dual solution msho medicare advantage plan [1003] professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $830 | $830 | — | — | — | $830 – $830 |
| 11 | Ucare ucare essentia care medicare advantage plan [775] professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $909 | $909 | — | — | — | $909 – $909 |
| 12 | Healthpartners healthpartners part b medicare advantage plan [496] professional · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 13 | Healthpartners medicaid cah healthpartners [1174] facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 14 | Ucare ucare connect medicaid cah [1181] facility · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1.3k | $1.3k | — | — | — | $1.3k – $1.3k |
| 15 | Anthem blue cross blue shield [240] professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross blue shield blue plus se [828] professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 17 | Ucare ucare ifp [1113] professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 18 | Blue Cross Blue Shield winona health [1291] professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 19 | Medica deanhp by medica west mc hmo [1262] professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 20 | Medica medica complete health and engage [209] professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 21 | Medica medica non mayo employee group [763] professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | — | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 22 | Healthpartners noncontracted [932] professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 23 | Optum medica medicare advantage plan behavioral health [1356] professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 24 | Medica multi medica choice [205] professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 25 | Aetna multi aetna [1296] professional · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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