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 PLEURAL DRAINAGE, PERC, W CATH PLMNT; IMAGING GUID
Morton, MS
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Scott Regional Medical Center, Inc.’s median price of $759 is 59% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 11% 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 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $500.00 | $500.00 | $500.00 – $500.00 |
| 10 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $661.41 | $657.70 | $121.37 – $1,187 |
| 11 | Humana all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $694.38 | $694.38 | $462.92 – $925.84 |
| 12 | Cigna Healthspring all payor other · outpatient | $948.75 | $948.75 | $632.50 – $1,265 |
| 13 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $948.75 | $948.75 | $632.50 – $1,265 |
| 14 | Optum all payor other · outpatient | $948.75 | $948.75 | $632.50 – $1,265 |
| 15 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $948.75 | $948.75 | $632.50 – $1,265 |
| 16 | Ambetter all payor other · outpatient | $958.24 | $958.24 | $638.83 – $1,278 |
| 17 | Molina all payor other · outpatient | $958.24 | $958.24 | $638.83 – $1,278 |
| 18 | WellCare all payor other · outpatient | $958.24 | $958.24 | $638.83 – $1,278 |
| 19 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $948.75 | $1,053 | $311.25 – $1,898 |
| 20 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $1,233 | $1,233 | $822.25 – $1,645 |
| 21 | Bcbs Ms all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $5,026 | $4,228 | $221.00 – $7,358 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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