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
Thoracentesis, needle or catheter, aspiration of the pleural space; without imaging guidance
ANTIOCH, TN
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Tristar Southern Hills Medical Center’s median price of $2.5k is 198% above the median hospital's median price ($856), higher than 94% of the 2,203 hospitals reporting CPT 32554. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Mar 12, 2026
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