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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32555-Thoracentesis w/ Imaging Guidance
Oceanside, CA
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Tri-City Medical Center’s median price of $838 is 14% below the median hospital's median price ($979), higher than 42% 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: 10 payers, 21 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 | MultiPlan auto medical facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $705.97 | $705.97 | $705.97 – $705.97 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare select/select plus facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $765.19 | $765.19 | $765.19 – $765.19 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $806.82 | $806.82 | $806.82 – $806.82 |
| 4 | Anthem medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $806.82 | $806.82 | $806.82 – $806.82 |
| 5 | Bcbs Ca medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $806.82 | $806.82 | $806.82 – $806.82 |
| 6 | Humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $806.82 | $806.82 | $806.82 – $806.82 |
| 7 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $806.82 | $806.82 | $806.82 – $806.82 |
| 8 | Kaiser medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $806.82 | $806.82 | $806.82 – $806.82 |
| 9 | Molina medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $806.82 | $806.82 | $806.82 – $806.82 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $806.82 | $806.82 | $806.82 – $806.82 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $838.37 | $838.37 | $838.37 – $838.37 |
| 12 | Bcbs Ca commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $799.23 | $859.89 | $799.23 – $981.20 |
| 13 | Bcbs Ca covered california facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $897.52 | $897.52 | $897.52 – $897.52 |
| 14 | Magellan commercial/medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,092 | $1,059 | $991.12 – $1,092 |
| 15 | Molina covered california ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,089 | $1,089 | $1,089 – $1,089 |
| 16 | Cigna hmo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,222 | $1,222 | $1,222 – $1,222 |
| 17 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,274 | $1,235 | $1,156 – $1,274 |
| 18 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,274 | $1,235 | $1,156 – $1,274 |
| 19 | MultiPlan workers comp facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,304 | $1,304 | $1,304 – $1,304 |
| 20 | Cigna ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,436 | $1,392 | $1,303 – $1,436 |
| 21 | Aetna commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $6,640 | $5,428 | $3,004 – $6,640 |
Last updated: May 29, 2026
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