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.
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Pleural Drainage, Perc, W/ Insert Cath With Img
6535 Nemours Parkway
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Nemours Children's Hospital’s median price of $2.1k is 15% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 63% 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: 6 payers, 13 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 | Florida Blue my blue network percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,555 | $1,555 | $1,555 – $1,555 |
| 2 | Tricare tricare other · outpatient | $1,559 | $1,559 | $1,559 – $1,559 |
| 3 | Cigna all percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,570 | $1,570 | $1,570 – $1,570 |
| 4 | Florida Blue blue select percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,594 | $1,594 | $1,594 – $1,594 |
| 5 | Florida Blue hmo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,594 | $1,594 | $1,594 – $1,594 |
| 6 | Aetna all percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,710 | $1,710 | $1,710 – $1,710 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,757 | $1,757 | $1,757 – $1,757 |
| 8 | Florida Blue network blue percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $1,982 | $1,982 | $1,982 – $1,982 |
| 9 | Florida Blue ppo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,293 | $2,293 | $2,293 – $2,293 |
| 10 | Florida Blue phs percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,371 | $2,371 | $2,371 – $2,371 |
| 11 | First Health commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $3,032 | $3,032 | $3,032 – $3,032 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all per diem · outpatient | $3,190 | $3,190 | $3,190 – $3,190 |
| 13 | Cigna all per diem · inpatient | $7,719 | $7,719 | $7,719 – $7,719 |
Last updated: Mar 10, 2026
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