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HANK Price Transparency. (n.d.).
Aspirate pleura w/o imaging (OTHER 32554) by State .
PPMan price-transparency data, derived from CMS-required hospital MRFs.
Retrieved November 6, 2026 , from http://ppman.hank.ai/transparency/procedure/32554/by-state?code_type=OTHER
“Aspirate pleura w/o imaging (OTHER 32554) by State.” HANK Price Transparency ,
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November 6, 2026 .
“Aspirate pleura w/o imaging (OTHER 32554) by State,” HANK Price Transparency ,
accessed November 6, 2026 ,
http://ppman.hank.ai/transparency/procedure/32554/by-state?code_type=OTHER.
Source: PPMan price-transparency data, derived from CMS-required hospital
machine-readable files (45 CFR 180). See
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OTHER · across United States
32554 — Aspirate Pleura Without Imaging
State-by-state median negotiated rates. Lower bars are cheaper states; the
range bar shows the IQR (25th to 75th percentile within each state).
$586
National median
$326 – $855
IQR (p25 – p75)
84
hospitals filing
27
states
Walking in without insurance?
Cash / self-pay price
Cash median
$670
vs. negotiated
+14.4%
Hospitals reporting
69
Cash / self-pay rates apply when you don't run the bill through insurance.
Many hospitals also offer income-based discounts on top of the published
cash price — always ask about a financial-assistance application
before paying.
Median negotiated rate, by state
Ranked by typical (median) negotiated price. Hover for state-level IQR.
Median negotiated rate by state for 32554 (OTHER), with interquartile range
State Median p25 p75
NJ $6,153 $3,163 $16,128
CA $3,470 $1,016 $3,470
VA $2,588 $2,588 $2,588
IN $1,284 $664 $1,284
MS $865 $571 $1,311
OH $801 $618 $801
NE $729 $729 $764
IA $687 $564 $920
GA $684 $684 $684
PA $630 $476 $1,285
KY $609 $580 $774
TX $569 $248 $980
ID $557 $346 $769
TN $547 $219 $606
AR $546 $525 $763
AZ $536 $169 $954
MO $511 $511 $511
ND $467 $243 $693
WV $452 $452 $669
UT $346 $326 $346
MI $319 $124 $552
IL $317 $128 $1,042
WI $297 $91 $2,556
NH $295 $110 $777
MN $128 $98 $623
AL $87 $79 $182
NY $82 $82 $199