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 PLEURAL DRAINAGE, PERC, W CATH PLMNT; IMAGING GUID
Meridian, MS
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Rush Medical Foundation’s median price of $1.2k is 36% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 18% of the 2,232 hospitals reporting CPT 32557. 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, 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 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $122.81 | $122.81 | $110.75 – $134.86 |
| 2 | Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $134.86 | $134.86 | $134.86 – $134.86 |
| 3 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $134.86 | $134.86 | $134.86 – $134.86 |
| 4 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $134.86 | $134.86 | $134.86 – $134.86 |
| 5 | Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $188.80 | $188.80 | $188.80 – $188.80 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $399.30 | $311.15 | $134.86 – $399.30 |
| 7 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $320.65 | $320.65 | $320.65 – $320.65 |
| 8 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $383.34 | $383.34 | $383.34 – $383.34 |
| 9 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $136.21 | $481.39 | $121.37 – $1,187 |
| 10 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $1,307 | $1,307 | $1,307 – $1,307 |
| 11 | Cigna Healthspring all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,421 | $1,421 | $1,421 – $1,421 |
| 12 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,421 | $1,421 | $1,421 – $1,421 |
| 13 | Optum all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,421 | $1,421 | $1,421 – $1,421 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,421 | $1,421 | $1,421 – $1,421 |
| 15 | WellCare all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,421 | $1,421 | $1,421 – $1,421 |
| 16 | Molina all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,435 | $1,435 | $1,435 – $1,435 |
| 17 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,506 | $1,506 | $311.25 – $2,700 |
| 18 | Ambetter all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,989 | $1,989 | $1,989 – $1,989 |
| 19 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $1,998 | $1,998 | $1,998 – $1,998 |
| 20 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $2,340 | $2,340 | $2,340 – $2,340 |
| 21 | Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $2,701 | $2,998 | $221.00 – $6,371 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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