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
HC PLEURAL DRAINAGE PERC W/INSRT INDW CATH W/IMG
Flushing, NY
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NewYork-Presbyterian Queens’s median price of $1.8k is 1% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 49% 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: 9 payers, 18 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 | Anthem medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $741.17 | $741.17 | $741.17 – $741.17 |
| 2 | Anthem nystateofhealth plans fee schedule · outpatient | $741.17 | $741.17 | $741.17 – $741.17 |
| 3 | Molina medicaid/child health plus fee schedule · outpatient | $741.17 | $741.17 | $741.17 – $741.17 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $790.01 | $790.01 | $790.01 – $790.01 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare child health plus fee schedule · outpatient | $824.85 | $824.85 | $824.85 – $824.85 |
| 6 | Anthem child health plus fee schedule · outpatient | $1,112 | $1,112 | $1,112 – $1,112 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,317 | $1,317 | $1,317 – $1,317 |
| 8 | Molina all nys essential plans fee schedule · outpatient | $1,668 | $1,668 | $1,668 – $1,668 |
| 9 | Anthem medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,746 | $1,746 | $1,746 – $1,746 |
| 10 | Cigna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,838 | $1,838 | $1,838 – $1,838 |
| 11 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,893 | $1,893 | $1,893 – $1,893 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,893 | $1,893 | $1,893 – $1,893 |
| 13 | WellCare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,903 | $1,903 | $1,903 – $1,903 |
| 14 | Anthem all nys essential plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2,461 | $2,461 | $2,461 – $2,461 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare all nys essential plans fee schedule · outpatient | $2,711 | $2,711 | $2,711 – $2,711 |
| 16 | MultiPlan all commercial plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,339 | $4,339 | $4,339 – $4,339 |
| 17 | Beechstreet all commercial plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,595 | $4,595 | $4,595 – $4,595 |
| 18 | First Health all commercial plans percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,595 | $4,595 | $4,441 – $4,748 |
Last updated: Mar 31, 2026
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