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.
Original text from hospital filings
HC THORACENTESIS W/IMAGING
Houma, LA
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Southern Regional Medical Corporation’s median price of $568 is 42% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 13% 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: 12 payers, 14 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 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $228.76 | $228.76 | $222.57 – $234.94 |
| 2 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 4 | Aetna Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $370.13 | $370.13 | $370.13 – $370.13 |
| 5 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $370.13 | $370.13 | $370.13 – $370.13 |
| 6 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $465.44 | $465.44 | $465.44 – $465.44 |
| 7 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $567.66 | $567.66 | $567.66 – $567.66 |
| 8 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $567.66 | $567.66 | $567.66 – $567.66 |
| 9 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $717.75 | $717.75 | $717.75 – $717.75 |
| 10 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $718.71 | $718.71 | $718.71 – $718.71 |
| 11 | First Health all payor other · outpatient | $765.60 | $765.60 | $765.60 – $765.60 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $991.12 | $991.12 | $567.66 – $1,415 |
| 13 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,320 | $1,320 | $1,320 – $1,320 |
| 14 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,715 | $1,606 | $567.66 – $1,920 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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