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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Original text from hospital filings

HC THORACENTESIS W/O IMAGING

Quitman, MS

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Rush Medical Foundation’s median price of $806 is 2% below the median hospital's median price ($827), higher than 48% 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, 23 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	$73	$73	$7	10%	—	$66 – $80
2	Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$80	$80	—	—	—	$80 – $80
3	Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$80	$80	—	—	—	$80 – $80
4	WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$80	$80	—	—	—	$80 – $80
5	Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$112	$112	—	—	—	$112 – $112
6	Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$176	$176	—	—	—	$176 – $176
7	UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$234	$183	$72	40%	—	$80 – $234
8	Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$229	$229	—	—	—	$229 – $229
9	Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$273	$329	$266	81%	—	$72 – $698
10	Humana all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$916	$916	$268	29%	—	$648 – $1.2k
11	UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient	$994	$994	$199	20%	—	$795 – $1.2k
12	MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.0k	$1.0k	$697	67%	—	$191 – $1.9k
13	Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.1k	$1.1k	$319	29%	—	$771 – $1.4k
14	Cigna Healthspring all payor other · outpatient	$1.1k	$1.1k	$332	29%	—	$802 – $1.5k
15	Humana all payor other · outpatient	$1.1k	$1.1k	$332	29%	—	$802 – $1.5k
16	Optum all payor other · outpatient	$1.1k	$1.1k	$332	29%	—	$802 – $1.5k
17	UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient	$1.1k	$1.1k	$332	29%	—	$802 – $1.5k
18	Ambetter all payor other · outpatient	$1.1k	$1.1k	$336	29%	—	$810 – $1.5k
19	Molina all payor other · outpatient	$1.1k	$1.1k	$336	29%	—	$810 – $1.5k
20	WellCare all payor other · outpatient	$1.1k	$1.1k	$336	29%	—	$810 – $1.5k
21	Aetna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1.3k	$1.3k	$373	29%	—	$899 – $1.6k
22	Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient	$1.2k	$1.4k	$1.3k	91%	—	$146 – $3.2k
23	Bcbs Ms all payor other · outpatient	$1.6k	$1.6k	$459	29%	—	$1.1k – $2.0k

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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