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
HC ASPIRATE PLEURA W/O IMAGING
Hanover, PA
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UPMC Hanover’s median price of $1.7k is 110% above the median hospital's median price ($827), higher than 83% of the 2,329 hospitals reporting CPT 32554. 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, 18 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 | Highmark medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $585 | $585 | — | — | — | $585 – $585 |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare advantage facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $589 | $589 | — | — | — | $589 – $589 |
| 3 | Humana medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $591 | $591 | — | — | — | $591 – $591 |
| 4 | Aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $616 | $616 | — | — | — | $616 – $616 |
| 5 | Cigna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $620 | $620 | — | — | — | $620 – $620 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $632 | $632 | — | — | — | $632 – $632 |
| 7 | UnitedHealthcare pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1.0k | $1.0k | — | — | — | $1.0k – $1.0k |
| 8 | Aetna aco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1.8k | $1.8k | — | — | — | $1.8k – $1.8k |
| 9 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.0k | $2.0k | — | — | — | $2.0k – $2.0k |
| 10 | Highmark commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield chip facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 12 | Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.1k | $2.1k | — | — | — | $2.1k – $2.1k |
| 13 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | — | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 14 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | — | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 15 | Carefirst commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 16 | Carefirst commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 17 | MultiPlan ppo (includes phcs and humana as payers) facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
| 18 | MultiPlan ppo (includes phcs and humana as payers) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2.6k | $2.6k | — | — | — | $2.6k – $2.6k |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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