Pleural fluid drainage with imaging guidance at South Carolina Coastal Medical Center LLC

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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Generated: October 20, 2026

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THORACENTSIS W/IMAGING

Hardeeville, SC

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South Carolina Coastal Medical Center LLC’s median price of $1.3k is 37% above the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 65% of the 2,453 hospitals reporting CPT 32555. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 32555 at South Carolina Coastal Medical Center LLC

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 11 payers, 36 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	Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$583.44	$583.44	$583.44 – $583.44
2	Devoted hmo ma fee schedule · both	$583.44	$583.44	$583.44 – $583.44
3	Devoted ppo ma fee schedule · both	$583.44	$583.44	$583.44 – $583.44
4	Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$583.44	$583.44	$583.44 – $583.44
5	UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$583.44	$583.44	$583.44 – $583.44
6	Molina medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$595.11	$595.11	$595.11 – $595.11
7	Molina mmp fee schedule · both	$595.11	$595.11	$595.11 – $595.11
8	Cigna healthspring fee schedule · both	$600.94	$600.94	$600.94 – $600.94
9	Clover hmo ma fee schedule · both	$606.78	$606.78	$606.78 – $606.78
10	Clover ppo ma fee schedule · both	$606.78	$606.78	$606.78 – $606.78
11	Bcbs Sc blue choice blue option hix (bcbo) fee schedule · both	$831.66	$831.66	$831.66 – $831.66
12	Bcbs Sc blue cross blue essentials hix (bcbe) fee schedule · both	$831.66	$831.66	$831.66 – $831.66
13	Molina marketplace fee schedule · both	$962.68	$962.68	$962.68 – $962.68
14	Bcbs Sc state health plan fee schedule · both	$1,018	$1,018	$1,018 – $1,018
15	Humana medicaid fee schedule · both	$1,339	$1,339	$1,339 – $1,339
16	Molina medicaid fee schedule · both	$1,339	$1,339	$1,339 – $1,339
17	Cigna hmooap percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$1,378	$1,378	$1,201 – $1,555
18	Aetna commercial percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$1,592	$1,592	$1,387 – $1,796
19	Bcbs Sc blue choice health plan commercial (bchp) fee schedule · both	$1,598	$1,598	$1,598 – $1,598
20	Bcbs Sc preferred blue commercial (pb) fee schedule · both	$1,598	$1,598	$1,598 – $1,598
21	Cigna ppo percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$1,701	$1,701	$1,483 – $1,919
22	Aetna asa percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$2,686	$2,686	$2,341 – $3,030
23	Aetna fh percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$2,686	$2,686	$2,341 – $3,030
24	Aetna nap percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$2,686	$2,686	$2,341 – $3,030
25	Aetna aca percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges	$2,735	$2,735	$2,384 – $3,086

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Last updated: Mar 10, 2026

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