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Placement of a Tunneled Chest Drainage Catheter

Nebraska 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?

$4,467

Typical facility fee. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,344 to $8,511.

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 $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $13,490Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $437 to $2,188
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $1,622

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
$2,344.23
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,489.63
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,585.78

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 12th of 50

$4,467

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.