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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PERQ DRAINAGE PLEURA INSERT CATH W/IMAGING
Bay St. Louis, MS
See all hospitals reporting CPT 32557 →Price type
Ochsner Medical Center � Hancock 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: 9 payers, 11 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 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,187 | $1,187 | $1,187 – $1,187 |
| 2 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $1,284 | $1,284 | $1,284 – $1,284 |
| 3 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,426 | $1,426 | $1,426 – $1,426 |
| 4 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,426 | $1,426 | $1,426 – $1,426 |
| 5 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,426 | $1,426 | $1,426 – $1,426 |
| 6 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,426 | $1,426 | $1,426 – $1,426 |
| 7 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,441 | $1,441 | $1,441 – $1,441 |
| 8 | Molina all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,441 | $1,441 | $1,441 – $1,441 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,591 | $1,591 | $1,426 – $1,755 |
| 10 | Ambetter all payor case rate · outpatient | $2,282 | $2,282 | $2,282 – $2,282 |
| 11 | Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5,698 | $5,698 | $5,026 – $6,371 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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