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
DRAINAGE, PLEURAL, W/ INDWELLING CATHETE, PERC, IMG GUIDANCE
Columbus, OH
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Nationwide Children's Hospital’s median price of $1.2k is 38% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 18% of the 2,176 hospitals reporting CPT 32557. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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