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/LAVAGE
Forsyth, GA
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Monroe County Hospital’s median price of $107 is 97% below the median hospital's median price ($3.5k), higher than 5% of the 309 hospitals reporting CPT 32421. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 9 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 medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $37 | $37 | $13 | 34% | — | $24 – $50 |
| 2 | Caresource medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $61 | $61 | — | — | — | $61 – $61 |
| 3 | Humana medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $66 | $66 | — | — | — | $66 – $66 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $80 | $80 | $26 | 33% | — | $54 – $107 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $66 | $96 | $42 | 44% | — | $66 – $156 |
| 6 | Cigna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $116 | $116 | — | — | — | $116 – $116 |
| 7 | Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $135 | $135 | — | — | — | $135 – $135 |
| 8 | Humana commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $138 | $138 | — | — | — | $138 – $138 |
| 9 | WellCare medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $176 | $176 | — | — | — | $176 – $176 |
Last updated: May 7, 2026
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