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 CATH PLMNT; IMAGING GUID
Shreveport, LA
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Ochsner Lsu Health Shreveport - St. Mary Medical Center, Llc’s median price of $1.4k is 23% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 24% 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: 10 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 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 3 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $743.75 | $743.75 | $595.00 – $892.50 |
| 4 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $857.50 | $857.50 | $686.00 – $1,029 |
| 5 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $953.64 | $953.64 | $635.76 – $1,272 |
| 6 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $953.64 | $953.64 | $635.76 – $1,272 |
| 7 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $988.00 | $988.00 | $988.00 – $988.00 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $1,015 | $997.46 | $635.76 – $1,272 |
| 9 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $1,029 | $1,138 | $686.00 – $1,698 |
| 10 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,432 | $1,343 | $359.35 – $2,148 |
| 11 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $1,382 | $1,349 | $635.76 – $2,073 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,432 | $1,534 | $359.35 – $2,148 |
| 13 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,432 | $1,671 | $1,432 – $2,148 |
| 14 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,432 | $1,671 | $1,432 – $2,148 |
| 15 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,565 | $1,677 | $1,432 – $2,148 |
| 16 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,011 | $2,264 | $1,871 – $3,226 |
| 17 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $2,206 | $2,942 | $2,206 – $4,413 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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