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Placement of a Tunneled Chest Drainage Catheter

Florida rates for HCPCS 32550

Places a soft drainage tube into the space around the lung and runs it a short distance under the skin, where a small cuff anchors it so it can stay in for the long term. The outer end is capped under a dressing, and fluid can be drained into a bottle whenever it builds up. It is used when fluid around the lung keeps coming back.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Placement of a Tunneled Chest Drainage Catheter cost?

$6,457

Typical facility fee. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,457 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,399 to $10,965.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,457 · 10th to 90th $871 to $17,783
$1K$10K$100K$1Mfacility $6,457

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$11,481.54
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$12,302.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$14,791.08
Typical High
$5,495,408.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,882.50

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Florida· 3rd of 50

$6,457

IN $7,943ND $794

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.