Pleural fluid drainage without imaging guidance at Rush Medical Foundation

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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HC THORACENTESIS W/O IMAGING

Meridian, MS

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Rush Medical Foundation’s median price of $695 is 16% below the median hospital's median price ($827), higher than 36% of the 2,329 hospitals reporting CPT 32554. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 32554 at Rush Medical Foundation

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 15 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	Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$176	$176	—	—	—	$176 – $176
2	Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$229	$229	—	—	—	$229 – $229
3	Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$323	$390	$332	85%	—	$66 – $848
4	UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$234	$392	$278	71%	—	$80 – $848
5	Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$518	$457	$295	64%	—	$72 – $857
6	Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$566	$498	$317	64%	—	$80 – $848
7	Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$566	$498	$317	64%	—	$80 – $848
8	WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$566	$498	$317	64%	—	$80 – $848
9	Humana all payor other · outpatient	$650	$650	$130	20%	—	$520 – $780
10	Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$792	$697	$444	64%	—	$112 – $1.2k
11	UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient	$1.1k	$1.1k	$221	20%	—	$885 – $1.3k
12	Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$1.7k	$1.4k	$973	68%	—	$146 – $2.8k
13	MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.5k	$1.5k	$1.1k	73%	—	$191 – $3.0k
14	Aetna all payor other · outpatient	$1.9k	$1.9k	$644	33%	—	$1.3k – $2.6k
15	Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient	$3.4k	$3.4k	$676	20%	—	$2.7k – $4.1k

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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