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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ASPIRATE PLEURA W/ IMAGING
San Marcos, TX
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Santa Rosa Hospital - San Marcos’s median price of $614 is 37% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 18% of the 2,453 hospitals reporting CPT 32555. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 8 payers, 19 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 | UnitedHealthcare star kids km fee schedule · outpatient | $179.05 | $179.05 | $179.05 – $179.05 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare star km fee schedule · outpatient | $179.05 | $179.05 | $179.05 – $179.05 |
| 3 | Bcbs Tx star kids km fee schedule · outpatient | $228.23 | $228.23 | $228.23 – $228.23 |
| 4 | Bcbs Tx star km fee schedule · outpatient | $228.23 | $228.23 | $228.23 – $228.23 |
| 5 | Humana mm fee schedule · outpatient | $599.16 | $599.16 | $599.16 – $599.16 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare mm fee schedule · outpatient | $599.16 | $599.16 | $599.16 – $599.16 |
| 7 | WellCare mm fee schedule · outpatient | $599.16 | $599.16 | $599.16 – $599.16 |
| 8 | Aetna mm fee schedule · outpatient | $611.14 | $611.14 | $611.14 – $611.14 |
| 9 | Cigna healthspring medicare advantage mm fee schedule · outpatient | $617.13 | $617.13 | $617.13 – $617.13 |
| 10 | Devoted mm fee schedule · outpatient | $647.09 | $647.09 | $647.09 – $647.09 |
| 11 | Bcbs Tx hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $756.61 | $756.61 | $756.61 – $756.61 |
| 12 | Bcbs Tx ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $819.66 | $819.66 | $819.66 – $819.66 |
| 13 | Bcbs Tx blue advantage hmo fee schedule · outpatient | $851.19 | $851.19 | $851.19 – $851.19 |
| 14 | Humana choicecare other · outpatient | $947.00 | $947.00 | $947.00 – $947.00 |
| 15 | Healthcare Highways ppo fee schedule · outpatient | $1,516 | $1,516 | $1,516 – $1,516 |
| 16 | Bcbs Tx heb fee schedule · outpatient | $1,583 | $1,583 | $1,583 – $1,583 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare all payer case rate · outpatient | $2,718 | $2,718 | $2,718 – $2,718 |
| 18 | Cigna new business case rate · outpatient | $3,881 | $3,881 | $3,881 – $3,881 |
| 19 | Cigna ppo case rate · outpatient | $4,927 | $4,927 | $4,927 – $4,927 |
Last updated: Jan 13, 2026
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