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.
Original text from hospital filings
CITY IR PLEURDRAIN,PERCUT W/CATH W/IMAG
Oceanside, CA
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Tri-City Medical Center’s median price of $2.0k is 9% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 58% 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, 20 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 | UnitedHealthcare select/select plus facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $592.49 | $592.49 | $419.79 – $765.19 |
| 2 | Bcbs Ca commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $618.85 | $618.85 | $438.46 – $799.23 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $649.16 | $649.16 | $459.94 – $838.37 |
| 4 | Magellan commercial/medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $845.81 | $845.81 | $599.27 – $1,092 |
| 5 | Bcbs Ca covered california facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $897.52 | $897.52 | $897.52 – $897.52 |
| 6 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $986.78 | $986.78 | $699.15 – $1,274 |
| 7 | MultiPlan ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $986.78 | $986.78 | $699.15 – $1,274 |
| 8 | Cigna ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,112 | $1,112 | $788.04 – $1,436 |
| 9 | MultiPlan auto medical facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,772 | $1,772 | $1,772 – $1,772 |
| 10 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,025 | $2,025 | $2,025 – $2,025 |
| 11 | Anthem medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,025 | $2,025 | $2,025 – $2,025 |
| 12 | Bcbs Ca medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,025 | $2,025 | $2,025 – $2,025 |
| 13 | Humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,025 | $2,025 | $2,025 – $2,025 |
| 14 | Kaiser hmo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,025 | $2,025 | $2,025 – $2,025 |
| 15 | Kaiser medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,025 | $2,025 | $2,025 – $2,025 |
| 16 | Molina medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,025 | $2,025 | $2,025 – $2,025 |
| 17 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,025 | $2,025 | $2,025 – $2,025 |
| 18 | Molina covered california ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2,733 | $2,733 | $2,733 – $2,733 |
| 19 | MultiPlan workers comp facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $3,272 | $3,272 | $3,272 – $3,272 |
| 20 | Aetna commercial facility · case rate · outpatient | $6,640 | $6,640 | $6,640 – $6,640 |
Last updated: May 29, 2026
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