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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Pleural Drain W/guidance
Oroville, CA
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Oroville Hospital’s median price of $540 is 71% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 8% 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: 6 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 | Anthem commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $150.00 | $801.00 | $134.00 – $2,119 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,935 | $1,484 | $131.00 – $1,935 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $1,935 | $1,484 | $131.00 – $1,935 |
| 4 | Cigna hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $446.00 | $2,374 | $398.00 – $6,278 |
| 5 | MultiPlan ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $446.00 | $2,374 | $398.00 – $6,278 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare epo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $473.00 | $2,522 | $422.00 – $6,671 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $473.00 | $2,522 | $422.00 – $6,671 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare pos percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $473.00 | $2,522 | $422.00 – $6,671 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $473.00 | $2,522 | $422.00 – $6,671 |
| 10 | Bcbs Ca commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $540.00 | $2,878 | $482.00 – $7,613 |
| 11 | Anthem managed medi-cal percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $613.00 | $3,264 | $547.00 – $8,633 |
Last updated: Oct 28, 2026
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