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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ASPIRATE PLEURA W/ IMAGING
Hamilton Township, NJ
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton’s median price of $2.4k is 141% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 90% 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 | Aetna better health percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $385.32 | $385.32 | $385.32 – $385.32 |
| 2 | Bcbs Nj nj health fee schedule · outpatient | $476.78 | $476.78 | $476.78 – $476.78 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $675.68 | $675.68 | $675.68 – $675.68 |
| 4 | Bcbs Nj medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $675.68 | $675.68 | $675.68 – $675.68 |
| 5 | Clover medicare advantage fee schedule · outpatient | $675.68 | $675.68 | $675.68 – $675.68 |
| 6 | Humana medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $675.68 | $675.68 | $675.68 – $675.68 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $689.19 | $689.19 | $689.19 – $689.19 |
| 8 | WellCare ambetter health commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $1,345 | $1,345 | $1,345 – $1,345 |
| 9 | Cigna local plus case rate · outpatient | $1,857 | $1,857 | $1,857 – $1,857 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare oxford metro case rate · outpatient | $2,255 | $2,255 | $2,255 – $2,255 |
| 11 | Cigna hmo case rate · outpatient | $2,360 | $2,360 | $2,360 – $2,360 |
| 12 | Bcbs Nj omnia fee schedule · outpatient | $2,391 | $2,391 | $2,391 – $2,391 |
| 13 | Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient | $2,486 | $2,486 | $2,486 – $2,486 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare nexus case rate · outpatient | $2,647 | $2,647 | $2,647 – $2,647 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare oxford commercial case rate · outpatient | $2,653 | $2,653 | $2,653 – $2,653 |
| 16 | Bcbs Nj state benefit plan fee schedule · outpatient | $2,748 | $2,748 | $2,748 – $2,748 |
| 17 | Bcbs Nj managed fee schedule · outpatient | $2,928 | $2,928 | $2,928 – $2,928 |
| 18 | Bcbs Nj non-managed fee schedule · outpatient | $2,989 | $2,989 | $2,989 – $2,989 |
| 19 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $3,114 | $3,114 | $3,114 – $3,114 |
| 20 | Aetna hmo case rate · outpatient | $4,174 | $4,174 | $4,174 – $4,174 |
| 21 | Aetna ppo case rate · outpatient | $4,174 | $4,174 | $4,174 – $4,174 |
Last updated: Mar 5, 2026
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