Pleural fluid drainage with imaging guidance at Rush Hospital/Butler, Inc.

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC THORACENTESIS W/IMAGING

Butler, AL

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Rush Hospital/Butler, Inc.’s median price of $741 is 24% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 33% of the 2,453 hospitals reporting CPT 32555. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 32555 at Rush Hospital/Butler, Inc.

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 22 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 all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$89.46	$89.46	$81.06 – $97.85
2	Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$97.85	$97.85	$97.85 – $97.85
3	Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$97.85	$97.85	$97.85 – $97.85
4	WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$97.85	$97.85	$97.85 – $97.85
5	Bcbs Al all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$141.87	$141.87	$141.87 – $141.87
6	Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$220.01	$220.01	$220.01 – $220.01
7	UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$292.26	$227.46	$97.85 – $292.26
8	Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$281.81	$281.81	$281.81 – $281.81
9	Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$282.14	$337.83	$88.88 – $698.16
10	Humana all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$771.24	$771.24	$545.30 – $997.18
11	Cigna Healthspring all payor other · outpatient	$880.54	$880.54	$622.58 – $1,139
12	Humana all payor other · outpatient	$880.54	$880.54	$622.58 – $1,139
13	WellCare all payor other · outpatient	$880.54	$880.54	$622.58 – $1,139
14	Ambetter all payor other · outpatient	$889.35	$889.35	$628.80 – $1,150
15	Molina all payor other · outpatient	$889.35	$889.35	$628.80 – $1,150
16	UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient	$993.75	$993.75	$795.00 – $1,193
17	MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,038	$1,048	$210.00 – $1,898
18	Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,076	$1,076	$760.93 – $1,392
19	Optum all payor other · outpatient	$1,076	$1,076	$760.93 – $1,392
20	UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient	$1,076	$1,076	$760.93 – $1,392
21	Aetna all payor other · outpatient	$1,272	$1,272	$899.28 – $1,645
22	Bcbs Al all payor other · outpatient	$3,666	$3,666	$2,933 – $4,399

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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