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Removal Of A Long-term Chest Drainage Catheter

Alaska rates for HCPCS 32552

This is the removal of a long-term catheter that had been tunneled under the skin and placed into the space around the lung to drain recurring fluid buildup. Because the catheter has a cuff that anchors it under the skin, removing it requires a small procedure rather than simply pulling it out. It's done once the catheter is no longer needed.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of A Long-term Chest Drainage Catheter cost?

$1,033

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,033 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $575 to the doctor who performs it, and $457 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$575$295 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$457$245 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $457 · 10th to 90th $195 to $4,677Professionalmedian $575 · 10th to 90th $178 to $1,096
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $457professional $575

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$537.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,258.93
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,071.52
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,071.52

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 15.9 times more in California 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

Alaska· 38th of 49

$1,033

$575 physician + $457 facility

CA $5,714WV $360

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.