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Chest Tube Insertion For Drainage

Illinois 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 July 2026.

How much does Chest Tube Insertion For Drainage cost?

$1,259

Typical facility fee. In Illinois, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,259 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $447 to $2,512.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $257 to $5,129Professionalmedian $269 · 10th to 90th $170 to $933
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $269

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
$257.04
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,370.32
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,235.94
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$933.25
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 40.7 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. 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.

Illinois· 39th of 51

$1,259

IN $6,166DE $151

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.