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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THORACOSCOPY W/PLEURECTOMY
Pasadena, TX
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Pmc Hospital, Llc’s median price of $2.9k is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($3.4k), higher than 46% of the 1,307 hospitals reporting CPT 32656. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 4 payers, 14 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 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $624 | $624 | — | — | — | $624 – $624 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|myblue health exchange case rate · outpatient | $799 | $799 | — | — | — | $799 – $799 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|blue premier case rate · outpatient | $1.2k | $1.2k | — | — | — | $1.2k – $1.2k |
| 4 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $1.4k | $1.4k | — | — | — | $1.4k – $1.4k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $1.6k | $1.6k | — | — | — | $1.6k – $1.6k |
| 6 | Humana commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 7 | Humana commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 8 | Cigna commercial|surefit case rate · outpatient | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 9 | Cigna commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $3.6k | $3.6k | — | — | — | $3.6k – $3.6k |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|exchange case rate · outpatient | $5.0k | $5.0k | — | — | — | $5.0k – $5.0k |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|charter case rate · outpatient | $7.3k | $7.3k | — | — | — | $7.3k – $7.3k |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|hmo case rate · outpatient | $8.2k | $8.2k | — | — | — | $8.2k – $8.2k |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $8.2k | $8.2k | — | — | — | $8.2k – $8.2k |
| 14 | Cigna commercial|ppo case rate · outpatient | $9.2k | $9.2k | — | — | — | $9.2k – $9.2k |
Last updated: Feb 28, 2026
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