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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HC THORACENTESIS W/IMAGING
Jennings, LA
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Ochsner American Legion Hospital, LLC’s median price of $843 is 14% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 42% of the 2,453 hospitals reporting CPT 32555. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 14 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 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $437.07 | $437.07 | $349.65 – $524.48 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $437.07 | $437.07 | $349.65 – $524.48 |
| 3 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $437.07 | $437.07 | $349.65 – $524.48 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $437.07 | $437.07 | $349.65 – $524.48 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $552.50 | $552.50 | $442.00 – $663.00 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $702.44 | $702.44 | $561.95 – $842.92 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $702.44 | $702.44 | $561.95 – $842.92 |
| 8 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $702.44 | $702.44 | $561.95 – $842.93 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $702.44 | $702.44 | $561.95 – $842.92 |
| 10 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $702.44 | $702.44 | $561.95 – $842.92 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,009 | $1,085 | $561.95 – $1,762 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,313 | $1,313 | $875.40 – $1,751 |
| 13 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,336 | $1,477 | $561.95 – $2,004 |
| 14 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,625 | $1,625 | $1,300 – $1,950 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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