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
ASPIRATE PLEURA W/ IMAGING
Enterprise, AL
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QHG of Enterprise Inc’s median price of $559 is 43% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 13% 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: 12 payers, 18 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 | Tricare node tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $513.61 | $513.61 | $513.61 – $513.61 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield node bcbs al mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $531.99 | $531.99 | $531.99 – $531.99 |
| 3 | Humana node humana mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $531.99 | $531.99 | $531.99 – $531.99 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare node uhc mcr adv facility · per diem · outpatient | $531.99 | $531.99 | $531.99 – $531.99 |
| 5 | Optum node united optum va ccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $540.64 | $540.64 | $540.64 – $540.64 |
| 6 | Devoted node devoted health mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $542.63 | $542.63 | $542.63 – $542.63 |
| 7 | Clover node clover mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $546.05 | $546.05 | $546.05 – $546.05 |
| 8 | Aetna node aetna mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $547.89 | $547.89 | $547.89 – $547.89 |
| 9 | WellCare node wellcare mcr adv facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $551.45 | $551.45 | $551.45 – $551.45 |
| 10 | WellCare node wellcare ambetter marketplace facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $810.96 | $810.96 | $810.96 – $810.96 |
| 11 | Cigna cigna new business facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $885.14 | $885.14 | $885.14 – $885.14 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare uhc iex facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,120 | $1,120 | $1,120 – $1,120 |
| 13 | Bcbs Al bcbs al all facility · other · outpatient | $1,258 | $1,258 | $1,258 – $1,258 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare uhc apa facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,677 | $1,677 | $1,677 – $1,677 |
| 15 | Cigna cigna all facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $5,732 | $5,732 | $5,732 – $5,732 |
| 16 | Aetna aetna facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $11,174 | $11,174 | $11,174 – $11,174 |
| 17 | MultiPlan multiplan complementary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $11,813 | $11,813 | $11,813 – $11,813 |
| 18 | MultiPlan multiplan primary facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $12,291 | $12,291 | $12,291 – $12,291 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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