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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HC INSERT CATH PLEURA W/ IMAGE
Philadelphia, PA
See all hospitals reporting CPT 32557 →Price type
Presbyterian Medical Center of the University of Pennsylvania Health System D/B/A Penn Presbyterian Medical Center’s median price of $3.1k is 65% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 85% 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: 15 payers, 35 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 community (fka americhoice ma) facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,529 | $1,529 | $1,529 – $1,529 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare new business facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,569 | $1,569 | $1,569 – $1,569 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare non options facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,627 | $1,627 | $1,627 – $1,627 |
| 4 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-medicare hmo facility · other · outpatient | $1,646 | $1,646 | $1,646 – $1,646 |
| 5 | Medicare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,646 | $1,646 | $1,646 – $1,646 |
| 6 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,655 | $1,655 | $1,655 – $1,655 |
| 7 | Highmark highmark medicare advantage facility · other · outpatient | $1,679 | $1,679 | $1,679 – $1,679 |
| 8 | Cigna Healthspring cigna healthspring facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,696 | $1,696 | $1,696 – $1,696 |
| 9 | Humana humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,696 | $1,696 | $1,696 – $1,696 |
| 10 | Aetna aetna medicare hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,745 | $1,745 | $1,745 – $1,745 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,745 | $1,745 | $1,745 – $1,745 |
| 12 | Clover clover health plan facility · other · outpatient | $1,778 | $1,778 | $1,778 – $1,778 |
| 13 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-hmo pos and direct access facility · other · outpatient | $2,006 | $2,006 | $1,201 – $2,812 |
| 14 | Cigna cigna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,353 | $2,353 | $1,409 – $3,298 |
| 15 | Oscar oscar health plan facility · other · outpatient | $2,799 | $2,799 | $2,799 – $2,799 |
| 16 | Cigna cigna new business facility · case rate · outpatient | $3,245 | $3,245 | $3,245 – $3,245 |
| 17 | Highmark highmark facility · other · outpatient | $3,462 | $3,462 | $3,462 – $3,462 |
| 18 | First Health first health global facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,715 | $3,715 | $2,224 – $5,207 |
| 19 | First Health first health global facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,715 | $3,715 | $2,224 – $5,207 |
| 20 | Aetna aetna hmo facility · other · outpatient | $3,747 | $3,747 | $3,747 – $3,747 |
| 21 | Bcbs Nj horizon blue cross of nj-ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $3,790 | $3,790 | $2,268 – $5,311 |
| 22 | Blue Cross Blue Shield keystone health plan east-ibc hmo facility · other · outpatient | $3,891 | $3,891 | $3,891 – $3,891 |
| 23 | Blue Cross Blue Shield personal choice-ibc ppo facility · other · outpatient | $3,891 | $3,891 | $3,891 – $3,891 |
| 24 | Aetna aetna commercial facility · other · outpatient | $4,056 | $4,056 | $4,056 – $4,056 |
| 25 | Aetna aetna commercial hmo with capitation facility · other · outpatient | $4,056 | $4,056 | $4,056 – $4,056 |
Last updated: Mar 19, 2026
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