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
Kenner, LA
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Ochsner Medical Center � Kenner Llc’s median price of $1.4k is 24% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 23% 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: 13 payers, 15 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 other · outpatient | $294.50 | $294.50 | $294.50 – $294.50 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $294.50 | $294.50 | $294.50 – $294.50 |
| 3 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $303.34 | $303.34 | $303.34 – $303.34 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $303.34 | $303.34 | $303.34 – $303.34 |
| 5 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $859.00 | $859.00 | $859.00 – $859.00 |
| 6 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $1,132 | $1,132 | $1,132 – $1,132 |
| 7 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,187 | $1,187 | $1,187 – $1,187 |
| 8 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1,195 | $1,195 | $1,195 – $1,195 |
| 9 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $1,315 | $1,315 | $1,315 – $1,315 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,426 | $1,426 | $1,426 – $1,426 |
| 11 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,426 | $1,426 | $1,426 – $1,426 |
| 12 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,426 | $1,426 | $1,426 – $1,426 |
| 13 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $1,426 | $1,426 | $1,426 – $1,426 |
| 14 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,469 | $1,469 | $1,469 – $1,469 |
| 15 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,672 | $1,734 | $1,588 – $1,950 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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