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Chest Tube Insertion For Drainage

Hawaii rates for HCPCS 32551

Places a tube through the chest wall into the space around the lung to drain air, blood, pus or other fluid. The tube is put in through a small open incision and connected to a collection and suction system that keeps the space empty while it heals. It is used for a collapsed lung or a build-up of fluid pressing on the lung.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chest Tube Insertion For Drainage cost?

$1,696

Typical total for the visit. In Hawaii, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,696 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $182 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$182$166 to $204
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,047 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,890Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $26 to $204
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,514professional $182

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
University Health Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$204.17

Where Hawaii sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in Colorado than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Hawaii· 16th of 51

$1,696

$182 physician + $1,514 facility

CO $4,120WV $453

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.