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Chest Tube Insertion For Drainage

Kansas 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?

$2,818

Typical facility fee. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,622 to $5,754.

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 $2,818 · 10th to 90th $324 to $8,128
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,818

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
$549.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$8,511.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,818.38

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 40.7 times more in Indiana than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Kansas $2,818 · 17th of 51
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.