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
Morgan City, LA
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Ochsner Morgan City Llc’s median price of $602 is 38% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 16% 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: 11 payers, 13 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 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $420.43 | $420.43 | $238.38 – $602.48 |
| 5 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $562.54 | $562.54 | $562.54 – $562.54 |
| 6 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $562.54 | $562.54 | $562.54 – $562.54 |
| 7 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $562.54 | $562.54 | $562.54 – $562.54 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $753.18 | $753.18 | $359.35 – $1,147 |
| 9 | MultiPlan all payor other · outpatient | $1,583 | $1,583 | $1,583 – $1,583 |
| 10 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,588 | $1,588 | $1,588 – $1,588 |
| 11 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,685 | $1,599 | $562.54 – $1,880 |
| 12 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,828 | $1,828 | $1,828 – $1,828 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $2,327 | $2,327 | $2,327 – $2,327 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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