Image-guided pleural catheter placement at The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority

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HC INSERT CATH PLEURA W/ IMAGE

Monroe, NC

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The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority’s median price of $1.4k is 25% below the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 22% of the 2,232 hospitals reporting CPT 32557. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 32557 at The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 14 payers, 51 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	Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid fee schedule · both	$131.61	$131.61	$131.61 – $131.61
2	UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · both	$131.61	$131.61	$131.61 – $131.61
3	WellCare managed medicaid fee schedule · both	$131.61	$131.61	$131.61 – $131.61
4	Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$136.21	$136.21	$136.21 – $136.21
5	Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$138.93	$138.93	$138.93 – $138.93
6	Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both	$140.98	$140.98	$140.98 – $140.98
7	UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · both	$141.37	$141.37	$141.37 – $141.37
8	Bcbs Nc local individual commercial fee schedule · both	$419.75	$419.75	$419.75 – $419.75
9	Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$422.27	$422.27	$422.27 – $422.27
10	WellCare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$430.32	$430.32	$430.32 – $430.32
11	UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$431.94	$431.94	$431.94 – $431.94
12	Bcbs Nc local individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$515.42	$515.42	$515.42 – $515.42
13	Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both	$522.67	$522.67	$522.67 – $522.67
14	UnitedHealthcare hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both	$533.75	$533.75	$533.75 – $533.75
15	Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$691.42	$691.42	$691.42 – $691.42
16	Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$854.20	$854.20	$854.20 – $854.20
17	Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$909.97	$909.97	$909.97 – $909.97
18	Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$960.90	$960.90	$960.90 – $960.90
19	Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$976.69	$976.69	$976.69 – $976.69
20	Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,170	$1,170	$1,170 – $1,170
21	Aetna whole health hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$1,280	$1,280	$1,280 – $1,280
22	UnitedHealthcare iex commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$1,296	$1,296	$1,296 – $1,296
23	Aetna north carolina preferred plus commercial fee schedule · both	$1,302	$1,302	$1,302 – $1,302
24	Aetna north carolina preferred plus commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,312	$1,312	$1,312 – $1,312
25	Aetna whole health hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,344	$1,344	$1,344 – $1,344

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