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
PR THORACENTESIS NEEDLE/CATH PLEURA W/IMAGING
Middlebury, VT
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Porter Hospital Inc’s median price of $500 is 49% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 11% 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: 7 payers, 21 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 tricare professional · fee schedule · both | $95.37 | $95.37 | $95.37 – $95.37 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $100.39 | $100.39 | $100.39 – $100.39 |
| 3 | Bcbs Vt medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $115.45 | $115.45 | $115.45 – $115.45 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare commercial ppo for ny state employees professional · fee schedule · both | $161.55 | $161.55 | $148.45 – $174.64 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid/essential plans professional · fee schedule · both | $199.06 | $199.06 | $199.06 – $199.06 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage professional · fee schedule · both | $292.47 | $292.47 | $292.47 – $292.47 |
| 7 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $386.25 | $386.25 | $386.25 – $386.25 |
| 8 | MultiPlan group health professional · percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $475.00 | $475.00 | $475.00 – $475.00 |
| 9 | Bcbs Vt indemnity/the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership professional · fee schedule · both | $476.45 | $476.45 | $476.45 – $476.45 |
| 10 | Cigna commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $500.24 | $500.24 | $500.24 – $500.24 |
| 11 | Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $587.35 | $587.35 | $587.35 – $587.35 |
| 12 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $591.26 | $591.26 | $591.26 – $591.26 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $591.26 | $591.26 | $591.26 – $591.26 |
| 14 | Bcbs Vt medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $603.84 | $603.84 | $603.84 – $603.84 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare commercial professional · fee schedule · both | $696.10 | $696.10 | $696.10 – $696.10 |
| 16 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $981.24 | $981.24 | $981.24 – $981.24 |
| 17 | Bcbs Vt indemnity facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,096 | $1,096 | $1,096 – $1,096 |
| 18 | Bcbs Vt the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,096 | $1,096 | $1,096 – $1,096 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,144 | $1,144 | $1,144 – $1,144 |
| 20 | MultiPlan group health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,195 | $1,195 | $1,195 – $1,195 |
| 21 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,245 | $1,245 | $1,245 – $1,245 |
Last updated: Apr 28, 2026
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