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 32557 Pleural Drainage W Image
Bend, KS
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The University of Kansas Health System Great Bend Campus’s median price of $2.0k is 6% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 54% of the 2,232 hospitals reporting CPT 32557. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 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 | Bcbs Ks bcbs kansas fee schedule · both | $862.54 | $862.54 | $862.54 – $862.54 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield bcbs kansas fee schedule · both | $862.54 | $862.54 | $862.54 – $862.54 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare uhc va other · both | $1,470 | $1,470 | $1,470 – $1,470 |
| 4 | Medica medica other · both | $1,499 | $1,499 | $1,499 – $1,499 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield healthy blue ks medicare adv other · both | $1,514 | $1,514 | $1,514 – $1,514 |
| 6 | Humana humana medicare adv other · both | $1,550 | $1,550 | $1,550 – $1,550 |
| 7 | Humana tricare other · both | $1,550 | $1,550 | $1,550 – $1,550 |
| 8 | Tricare tricare other · both | $1,550 | $1,550 | $1,550 – $1,550 |
| 9 | Ambetter ambetter exchange (sunflower) other · both | $2,131 | $2,131 | $2,131 – $2,131 |
| 10 | Aetna aetna percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,144 | $2,144 | $2,144 – $2,144 |
| 11 | Cigna healthpartners of kansas percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,144 | $2,144 | $2,144 – $2,144 |
| 12 | First Health aetna/coventry first health percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | $2,144 | $2,144 | $2,144 – $2,144 |
Last updated: Apr 8, 2026
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