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
Kenner, LA
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Ochsner Medical Center � Kenner Llc’s median price of $1.1k is 12% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 56% 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: 13 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 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 2 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $370.13 | $370.13 | $370.13 – $370.13 |
| 3 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $370.13 | $370.13 | $370.13 – $370.13 |
| 4 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $465.44 | $465.44 | $465.44 – $465.44 |
| 5 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $567.66 | $567.66 | $567.66 – $567.66 |
| 6 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $567.66 | $567.66 | $567.66 – $567.66 |
| 7 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $567.66 | $567.66 | $567.66 – $567.66 |
| 8 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $584.69 | $584.69 | $584.69 – $584.69 |
| 9 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,132 | $1,132 | $1,132 – $1,132 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,697 | $1,300 | $359.35 – $1,843 |
| 11 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $1,315 | $1,315 | $1,315 – $1,315 |
| 12 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,672 | $1,604 | $567.66 – $1,950 |
| 13 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,765 | $1,765 | $1,765 – $1,765 |
| 14 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $3,091 | $3,091 | $3,091 – $3,091 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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