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HC ASPIRATE PLEURA W/ IMAGING
Philadelphia, PA
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Pennsylvania Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Health System’s median price of $1.3k is 38% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 66% 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: 14 payers, 37 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 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare compass exchange facility · other · outpatient | $543.00 | $543.00 | $543.00 – $543.00 |
| 2 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-medicare hmo facility · other · outpatient | $656.12 | $656.12 | $656.12 – $656.12 |
| 3 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $656.12 | $656.12 | $656.12 – $656.12 |
| 4 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $659.35 | $659.35 | $659.35 – $659.35 |
| 5 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $669.24 | $669.24 | $669.24 – $669.24 |
| 6 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $675.80 | $675.80 | $675.80 – $675.80 |
| 7 | Humana humana medicare facility · other · outpatient | $675.80 | $675.80 | $675.80 – $675.80 |
| 8 | Aetna aetna medicare hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $695.49 | $695.49 | $695.49 – $695.49 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $695.49 | $695.49 | $695.49 – $695.49 |
| 10 | Clover clover health plan facility · other · outpatient | $708.61 | $708.61 | $708.61 – $708.61 |
| 11 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj- hmo pos and direct access facility · other · outpatient | $728.19 | $728.19 | $728.19 – $728.19 |
| 12 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $913.47 | $913.47 | $913.47 – $913.47 |
| 13 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $1,115 | $1,115 | $1,115 – $1,115 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare new business facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,155 | $1,155 | $1,155 – $1,155 |
| 15 | First Health first health global facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,349 | $1,349 | $1,349 – $1,349 |
| 16 | First Health first health global facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,349 | $1,349 | $1,349 – $1,349 |
| 17 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,375 | $1,375 | $1,375 – $1,375 |
| 18 | Highmark highmark facility · other · outpatient | $1,380 | $1,380 | $1,380 – $1,380 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare community (fka americhoice ma) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,529 | $1,529 | $1,529 – $1,529 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare non options facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,627 | $1,627 | $1,627 – $1,627 |
| 21 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-indemnity facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,645 | $1,645 | $1,645 – $1,645 |
| 22 | Humana humana choice care facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,158 | $2,158 | $2,158 – $2,158 |
| 23 | Humana humana choice care facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,158 | $2,158 | $2,158 – $2,158 |
| 24 | Optum optum urn-transplant commercial facility · other · outpatient | $2,158 | $2,158 | $2,158 – $2,158 |
| 25 | Aetna aetna hmo facility · other · outpatient | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 – $2,500 |
Last updated: Mar 20, 2026
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