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
Somerville, NJ
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset’s median price of $3.0k is 207% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 95% 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, 17 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 | Bcbs Nj nj health fee schedule · outpatient | $476.78 | $476.78 | $476.78 – $476.78 |
| 2 | Bcbs Nj state benefit plan percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $664.87 | $664.87 | $664.87 – $664.87 |
| 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 | $2,363 | $2,363 | $2,363 – $2,363 |
| 10 | Cigna hmo case rate · outpatient | $3,003 | $3,003 | $3,003 – $3,003 |
| 11 | Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient | $3,163 | $3,163 | $3,163 – $3,163 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare oxford metro case rate · outpatient | $3,312 | $3,312 | $3,312 – $3,312 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare oxford commercial case rate · outpatient | $3,931 | $3,931 | $3,931 – $3,931 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare nexus case rate · outpatient | $4,282 | $4,282 | $4,282 – $4,282 |
| 15 | Aetna hmo case rate · outpatient | $4,294 | $4,294 | $4,294 – $4,294 |
| 16 | Aetna ppo case rate · outpatient | $4,294 | $4,294 | $4,294 – $4,294 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare commercial case rate · outpatient | $4,875 | $4,875 | $4,875 – $4,875 |
Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
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