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
Thoracentesis, needle or catheter, aspiration of the pleural space; with imaging guidance
Fredericksburg, TX
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Methodist Hospital Hill Country’s median price of $1.6k is 63% above the median hospital's median price ($989), higher than 74% of the 2,378 hospitals reporting CPT 32555. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: May 1, 2026
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