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Thoracentesis Needle/Cath Pleura W/Imaging
Bend, KS
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The University of Kansas Health System Great Bend Campus’s median price of $258 is 74% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 4% 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: 16 payers, 106 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 ukhs rpb non-contracted medicare advantage plan_gbc fee schedule · inpatient | $41.16 | $41.16 | $37.82 – $44.50 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield healthy blue ks medicare adv fee schedule · inpatient | $41.16 | $41.16 | $37.82 – $44.50 |
| 3 | Blue Cross Blue Shield ukhs rpb non-contracted medicare advantage plan_gbc fee schedule · inpatient | $41.16 | $41.16 | $37.82 – $44.50 |
| 4 | Cigna ukhs rpb non-contracted medicare advantage plan_gbc fee schedule · inpatient | $41.16 | $41.16 | $37.82 – $44.50 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare ks fee schedule · inpatient | $41.16 | $41.16 | $37.82 – $44.50 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare uhc va ks fee schedule · inpatient | $41.16 | $41.16 | $37.82 – $44.50 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare ukhs rpb non-contracted medicare advantage plan_gbc fee schedule · inpatient | $41.16 | $41.16 | $37.82 – $44.50 |
| 8 | WellCare ukhs rpb non-contracted medicare advantage plan_gbc fee schedule · inpatient | $41.16 | $41.16 | $37.82 – $44.50 |
| 9 | Medica medica fee schedule · inpatient | $41.99 | $41.99 | $38.58 – $45.39 |
| 10 | Ambetter ambetter exchange (sunflower) fee schedule · inpatient | $47.33 | $47.33 | $43.49 – $51.17 |
| 11 | Humana humana medicare adv fee schedule · inpatient | $51.28 | $51.28 | $51.28 – $51.28 |
| 12 | UnitedHealthcare uhc va ks fee schedule · both | $37.82 | $65.63 | $37.82 – $121.24 |
| 13 | Medica medica fee schedule · both | $38.58 | $66.94 | $38.58 – $123.66 |
| 14 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid ks healthy blue ks fee schedule · both | $68.67 | $68.67 | $68.67 – $68.67 |
| 15 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid ks healthy blue ks fee schedule · outpatient | $68.67 | $68.67 | $68.67 – $68.67 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid ks fee schedule · both | $68.67 | $68.67 | $68.67 – $68.67 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid ks fee schedule · outpatient | $68.67 | $68.67 | $68.67 – $68.67 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare uhc fed fee schedule · inpatient | $71.85 | $71.85 | $71.85 – $71.85 |
| 19 | Ambetter ambetter exchange (sunflower) fee schedule · both | $43.49 | $75.47 | $43.49 – $139.42 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare uhc exchange fee schedule · inpatient | $79.61 | $79.61 | $79.61 – $79.61 |
| 21 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicaid ks healthy blue ks fee schedule · inpatient | $80.12 | $80.12 | $68.67 – $91.56 |
| 22 | UnitedHealthcare medicaid ks fee schedule · inpatient | $80.12 | $80.12 | $68.67 – $91.56 |
| 23 | Humana humana medicare adv fee schedule · both | $51.28 | $81.84 | $51.28 – $142.96 |
| 24 | Aetna aetna fed percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $105.77 | $105.77 | $77.40 – $134.13 |
| 25 | Aetna aetna/coventry percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $105.77 | $105.77 | $77.40 – $134.13 |
Last updated: Apr 8, 2026
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