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
Slidell, LA
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St Tammany Hosptial Service District No 2’s median price of $566 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, 15 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 Better Health all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 2 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 3 | Humana all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare all payor case rate · outpatient | $359.35 | $359.35 | $359.35 – $359.35 |
| 5 | Molina all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $465.44 | $465.44 | $465.44 – $465.44 |
| 6 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $565.73 | $565.73 | $565.73 – $565.73 |
| 7 | Humana all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $565.73 | $565.73 | $565.73 – $565.73 |
| 8 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $565.73 | $565.73 | $565.73 – $565.73 |
| 9 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $565.73 | $565.73 | $565.73 – $565.73 |
| 10 | First Health all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $682.40 | $682.40 | $682.40 – $682.40 |
| 11 | Aetna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,011 | $1,011 | $1,011 – $1,011 |
| 12 | MultiPlan all payor percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,024 | $1,024 | $1,024 – $1,024 |
| 13 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,325 | $1,285 | $565.73 – $1,623 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $1,547 | $1,547 | $1,482 – $1,611 |
| 15 | Cigna all payor case rate · outpatient | $1,935 | $1,935 | $1,935 – $1,935 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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