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
PLEUR DRAIN W/INSRT CATH W/IMG
Birmingham, AL
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University of Alabama Hospital’s median price of $2.1k is 15% above the median hospital's median price ($1.9k), higher than 63% 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: 8 payers, 16 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 | Humana tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,280 | $1,280 | $1,280 – $1,280 |
| 2 | Bcbs Al medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,391 | $1,391 | $1,391 – $1,391 |
| 3 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,391 | $1,391 | $1,391 – $1,391 |
| 4 | Cigna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,488 | $1,488 | $1,488 – $1,488 |
| 5 | Humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,502 | $1,502 | $1,502 – $1,502 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,607 | $1,607 | $1,314 – $1,899 |
| 7 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,802 | $1,802 | $1,474 – $2,131 |
| 8 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,802 | $1,802 | $1,474 – $2,131 |
| 9 | Ambetter commercial-exchange facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,912 | $1,912 | $1,912 – $1,912 |
| 10 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,980 | $1,980 | $1,619 – $2,340 |
| 11 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,980 | $1,980 | $1,619 – $2,340 |
| 12 | Cigna new business facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,253 | $2,253 | $1,842 – $2,663 |
| 13 | MultiPlan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,423 | $2,423 | $1,981 – $2,864 |
| 14 | MultiPlan commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,423 | $2,423 | $1,981 – $2,864 |
| 15 | Humana commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,511 | $2,511 | $2,054 – $2,969 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,631 | $2,631 | $2,151 – $3,110 |
Last updated: Feb 19, 2026
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