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/IMAGING
Morton, MS
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Scott Regional Medical Center, Inc.’s median price of $477 is 51% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 10% 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: 11 payers, 22 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 | $89.91 | $89.91 | $81.06 – $98.76 |
| 2 | Cigna Healthspring all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $98.76 | $98.76 | $98.76 – $98.76 |
| 3 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $98.76 | $98.76 | $98.76 – $98.76 |
| 4 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $98.76 | $98.76 | $98.76 – $98.76 |
| 5 | Ambetter all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $138.26 | $138.26 | $138.26 – $138.26 |
| 6 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $99.75 | $218.02 | $88.88 – $465.44 |
| 7 | Cigna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $220.01 | $220.01 | $220.01 – $220.01 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $292.26 | $227.76 | $98.76 – $292.26 |
| 9 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $281.81 | $281.81 | $281.81 – $281.81 |
| 10 | Humana all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $506.28 | $506.28 | $506.28 – $506.28 |
| 11 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $623.82 | $623.82 | $210.00 – $1,038 |
| 12 | Cigna Healthspring all payor other · outpatient | $691.75 | $691.75 | $691.75 – $691.75 |
| 13 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $691.75 | $691.75 | $691.75 – $691.75 |
| 14 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $691.75 | $691.75 | $691.75 – $691.75 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $691.75 | $691.75 | $691.75 – $691.75 |
| 16 | Ambetter all payor other · outpatient | $698.67 | $698.67 | $698.67 – $698.67 |
| 17 | Molina all payor other · outpatient | $698.67 | $698.67 | $698.67 – $698.67 |
| 18 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $698.67 | $698.67 | $698.67 – $698.67 |
| 19 | Cigna all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $770.61 | $770.61 | $770.61 – $770.61 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $795.00 | $795.00 | $795.00 – $795.00 |
| 21 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $899.28 | $899.28 | $899.28 – $899.28 |
| 22 | Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $827.43 | $987.35 | $162.00 – $2,133 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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