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
HC INSERT TUNN PLEURAL CATH W/CUF
Meridian, MS
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Rush Medical Foundation’s median price of $3.3k is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($3.9k), higher than 26% of the 2,176 hospitals reporting CPT 32550. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 13 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 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 2 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $3.0k | $3.0k | — | — | — | $3.0k – $3.0k |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $3.1k | $3.1k | $69 | 2% | — | $3.1k – $3.2k |
| 4 | Cigna Healthspring all payor case rate · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 5 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 6 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 7 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $3.2k | $3.2k | — | — | — | $3.2k – $3.2k |
| 8 | Molina all payor case rate · outpatient | $3.3k | $3.3k | — | — | — | $3.3k – $3.3k |
| 9 | Ambetter all payor case rate · outpatient | $4.5k | $4.5k | — | — | — | $4.5k – $4.5k |
| 10 | Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5.6k | $5.6k | $269 | 5% | — | $5.3k – $5.9k |
| 11 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $5.8k | $5.8k | — | — | — | $5.8k – $5.8k |
| 12 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $6.7k | $6.7k | — | — | — | $6.7k – $6.7k |
| 13 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $14.3k | $14.3k | — | — | — | $14.3k – $14.3k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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