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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INSERT CATH PLEURA W/ IMAGE
Newark, NJ
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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center’s median price of $2.7k is 45% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 79% 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: 7 payers, 17 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 | UnitedHealthcare community plan fee schedule · outpatient | $350.57 | $350.57 | $350.57 – $350.57 |
| 2 | Bcbs Nj nj health fee schedule · outpatient | $707.43 | $707.43 | $707.43 – $707.43 |
| 3 | Cigna local plus case rate · outpatient | $1,519 | $1,519 | $1,519 – $1,519 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $1,743 | $1,743 | $1,743 – $1,743 |
| 5 | Bcbs Nj medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,743 | $1,743 | $1,743 – $1,743 |
| 6 | Clover medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,743 | $1,743 | $1,743 – $1,743 |
| 7 | Humana medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $1,743 | $1,743 | $1,743 – $1,743 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $1,778 | $1,778 | $1,778 – $1,778 |
| 9 | Cigna hmo case rate · outpatient | $1,930 | $1,930 | $1,930 – $1,930 |
| 10 | Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient | $2,033 | $2,033 | $2,033 – $2,033 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare oxford metro case rate · outpatient | $2,678 | $2,678 | $2,678 – $2,678 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare nexus case rate · outpatient | $2,843 | $2,843 | $2,843 – $2,843 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare oxford commercial case rate · outpatient | $3,151 | $3,151 | $3,151 – $3,151 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $3,345 | $3,345 | $3,345 – $3,345 |
| 15 | WellCare ambetter health commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $3,468 | $3,468 | $3,468 – $3,468 |
| 16 | Aetna hmo case rate · outpatient | $4,908 | $4,908 | $4,908 – $4,908 |
| 17 | Aetna ppo case rate · outpatient | $4,908 | $4,908 | $4,908 – $4,908 |
Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
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