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
Middlebury, VT
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Porter Hospital Inc’s median price of $2.3k is 24% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 67% 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: 7 payers, 10 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 facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,476 | $1,476 | $1,476 – $1,476 |
| 2 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,972 | $1,972 | $1,972 – $1,972 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,972 | $1,972 | $1,972 – $1,972 |
| 4 | Bcbs Vt medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,014 | $2,014 | $2,014 – $2,014 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,273 | $3,273 | $3,273 – $3,273 |
| 6 | Bcbs Vt indemnity facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,655 | $3,655 | $3,655 – $3,655 |
| 7 | Bcbs Vt the vermont health plan/vermont health partnership facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,655 | $3,655 | $3,655 – $3,655 |
| 8 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,816 | $3,816 | $3,816 – $3,816 |
| 9 | MultiPlan group health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,986 | $3,986 | $3,986 – $3,986 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $4,154 | $4,154 | $4,154 – $4,154 |
Last updated: Apr 28, 2026
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