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
Shreveport, LA
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Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center, Llc’s median price of $855 is 13% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 43% 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 | $449.19 | $449.19 | $359.35 – $539.03 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $449.19 | $449.19 | $359.35 – $539.03 |
| 3 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $449.19 | $449.19 | $359.35 – $539.03 |
| 4 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $687.43 | $687.43 | $549.94 – $824.91 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $712.36 | $712.36 | $569.89 – $854.83 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $712.36 | $712.36 | $569.89 – $854.83 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $712.36 | $712.36 | $569.89 – $854.83 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $712.36 | $712.36 | $569.89 – $854.83 |
| 9 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,235 | $1,235 | $988.00 – $1,482 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,711 | $1,576 | $359.35 – $2,864 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,591 | $1,591 | $1,273 – $1,910 |
| 12 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $1,591 | $1,591 | $1,273 – $1,910 |
| 13 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,011 | $2,083 | $569.89 – $3,226 |
| 14 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $3,310 | $3,310 | $2,206 – $4,413 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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