Thoracentesis cost in Utah
In Utah, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for thoracentesis with imaging guidance: from $600.85 to $1,610.21, with a median of $1,018.79. The lowest price is at Moab Regional (Moab). The highest price is 2.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,018.79, is 17% below the US median of $1,224.53.
- That is 1.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($640.89).
- Utah ranks 14th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 32555. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 3, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$600.85Moab Regional
Median$1,018.79half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,610.21in Utah
Lowest saves$417.94vs the median
Hospitals in Utah, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moab Regional lowest Moab · Moab, UT THORA W/ IMAG ER PF | $600.85 | $985.00 | May 21, 2026 source file |
| Uintah Basin Medical Center Roosevelt · Roosevelt, UT ASPIRATION OF FLUID FROM CHEST CAVITY USING IMAGING GUIDANCE | $859.50 | $955.00 | Apr 21, 2026 source file |
| Castleview Hospital Price · Price, UT Thoracentesis, needle or catheter, aspiration of the pleural space; with imaging guidance | $1,018.79 | $1,852.35 | Jul 14, 2026 source file |
| Mountain West Medical Center Tooele · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Aspiration of fluid from chest cavity using imaging guidance | $1,252.26 | $2,087.10 | Sep 17, 2026 source file |
| University of Utah Hospital and Clinics Salt Lake City · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Thoracentesis Needle/Cath Pleura W/Imaging | $1,610.21 | $2,300.30 | Aug 26, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 2 | $1,252.26 | $1,431.24 |
| Moab, UT | 1 | $600.85 | $600.85 |
| Price, UT | 1 | $1,018.79 | $1,018.79 |
| Roosevelt, UT | 1 | $859.50 | $859.50 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What thoracentesis is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Thoracentesis explained.
Thoracentesis with imaging guidance in other states
- Alabama$1,055.53
- Alaska$2,211.30
- Arizona$1,106.95
- Arkansas$925.00
- California$2,033.20
- Colorado$1,250.95
- Connecticut$1,253.00
- Delaware$1,784.75
- District of Columbia$1,228.69, 3 hospitals
- Florida$1,874.28
- Georgia$1,410.41
- Hawaii$1,434.00
- Idaho$1,155.70
- Illinois$1,250.00
- Indiana$1,095.50
- Iowa$983.20
- Kansas$969.83
- Kentucky$978.22
- Louisiana$646.80
- Maine$686.40
- Maryland$1,249.16
- Massachusetts$1,787.00
- Michigan$1,092.18
- Minnesota$926.91
- Mississippi$843.94
- Missouri$1,022.79
- Montana$927.54
- Nebraska$939.00
- Nevada$1,259.58
- New Hampshire$1,063.30
- New Jersey$1,782.00
- New Mexico$1,229.41
- New York$1,282.00
- North Carolina$1,029.60
- North Dakota$792.75
- Ohio$1,737.60
- Oklahoma$684.00
- Oregon$1,534.65
- Pennsylvania$1,474.38
- Puerto Rico$600.00, 4 hospitals
- Rhode Island$1,714.65
- South Carolina$1,404.00
- South Dakota$1,842.00
- Tennessee$633.65
- Texas$1,410.82
- Vermont$1,258.00
- Virginia$1,321.80
- Washington$1,321.84
- West Virginia$1,250.40
- Wisconsin$1,200.00
- Wyoming$1,088.89
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.