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 PERQ DRAINAGE PLEURA INSERT CATH W/IMAGING
Ojai, CA
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Ojai Valley Community Hospital’s median price of $2.7k is 46% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 79% 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: 12 payers, 23 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 | Medicaid medi-cal facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $101.27 | $101.27 | $101.27 – $101.27 |
| 2 | Kaiser kaiser medicaid facility · other · outpatient | $148.06 | $148.06 | $148.06 – $148.06 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare select/select plus facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,661 | $1,661 | $1,661 – $1,661 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare all payor appendix facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,882 | $1,882 | $1,882 – $1,882 |
| 5 | Kaiser kaiser medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,184 | $2,184 | $1,471 – $2,897 |
| 6 | Cigna cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,450 | $3,450 | $3,450 – $3,450 |
| 7 | Aetna aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,495 | $3,495 | $2,354 – $4,636 |
| 8 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,495 | $3,495 | $2,354 – $4,636 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,495 | $3,495 | $2,354 – $4,636 |
| 10 | Humana humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,495 | $3,495 | $2,354 – $4,636 |
| 11 | Kaiser kaiser medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,495 | $3,495 | $2,354 – $4,636 |
| 12 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,495 | $3,495 | $2,354 – $4,636 |
| 13 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,495 | $3,495 | $2,354 – $4,636 |
| 14 | WellCare wellcare of california facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,495 | $3,495 | $2,354 – $4,636 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare secure horizons uhc facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,565 | $3,565 | $2,401 – $4,728 |
| 16 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,745 | $3,745 | $2,522 – $4,967 |
| 17 | MultiPlan multiplan facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,745 | $3,745 | $2,522 – $4,967 |
| 18 | Kaiser kaiser commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,191 | $4,191 | $4,191 – $4,191 |
| 19 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,605 | $4,605 | $4,605 – $4,605 |
| 20 | Aetna aetna medical rental products facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $4,859 | $4,859 | $4,859 – $4,859 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield epn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,289 | $5,289 | $5,289 – $5,289 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6,001 | $6,001 | $6,001 – $6,001 |
| 23 | Bcbs Ca blue cross of california facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $6,290 | $6,290 | $6,290 – $6,290 |
Last updated: Jun 15, 2026
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