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Placement of a Tunneled Chest Drainage Catheter

Texas 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?

$3,236

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,236 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,148 to $5,129.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,943
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,236

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
$707.95
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,079.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,943.28
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$12,882.50
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,380.38
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 21st of 50

$3,236

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.