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Chest Tube Insertion For Drainage

Washington 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?

$1,380

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,380 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $316 to $6,026.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $209 to $10,233
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,380

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
$204.17
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,709.64
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$13,182.57
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$4,073.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,748.98
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$346.74
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$8,709.64
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$8,912.51

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 38th of 51

$1,380

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.