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 Ndl/Cath Pleura Asp W Imag
Springs, MO
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St Marys Medical Center’s median price of $656 is 33% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 25% 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: 5 payers, 12 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 aetna medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $625.23 | $625.23 | $625.23 – $625.23 |
| 2 | Cigna cigna healthsprings fee schedule · outpatient | $625.23 | $625.23 | $625.23 – $625.23 |
| 3 | Tricare healthnet federal services tricare fee schedule · outpatient | $625.23 | $625.23 | $625.23 – $625.23 |
| 4 | Tricare tricare fee schedule · outpatient | $625.23 | $625.23 | $625.23 – $625.23 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare uhc medicare fee schedule · outpatient | $625.23 | $625.23 | $625.23 – $625.23 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare uhc veterans choice program fee schedule · outpatient | $625.23 | $625.23 | $625.23 – $625.23 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare uhc mo medicaid fee schedule · outpatient | $758.97 | $758.97 | $758.97 – $758.97 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare uhc commercial exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $875.32 | $875.32 | $875.32 – $875.32 |
| 9 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs exchange fee schedule · outpatient | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 – $1,000 |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs select fee schedule · outpatient | $1,157 | $1,157 | $1,157 – $1,157 |
| 11 | Aetna aetna commercial case rate · outpatient | $1,662 | $1,662 | $1,662 – $1,662 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare uhc commercial fee schedule · outpatient | $2,079 | $2,079 | $2,079 – $2,079 |
Last updated: Mar 17, 2026
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