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Placement of a Tunneled Chest Drainage Catheter

Idaho 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?

$3,802

Typical facility fee. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,802 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,175 to $6,918.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $407 to $9,333
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802

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
$1,621.81
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,244.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,912.51
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,762.47
Typical High
$12,302.69
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$18,197.01

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 17th of 50

$3,802

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.