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Placement of a Tunneled Chest Drainage Catheter

Nevada 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?

$2,239

Typical facility fee. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,239 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $851 to $4,365.

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 $2,239 · 10th to 90th $214 to $6,457Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $162 to $1,288
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $661

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
$213.80
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,786.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$7,762.47
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 32nd of 50

$2,239

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.