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Chest Tube Insertion For Drainage

South Dakota 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?

$288

Typical facility fee. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $224 to $324.

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 $3,090 · 10th to 90th $182 to $3,388Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $209 to $324
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $3,090professional $275

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
$3,090.30
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$363.08
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$295.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$3,235.94

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 47th of 51

$288

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.