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Removal Of A Long-term Chest Drainage Catheter

Colorado 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?

$3,376

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,376 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $214 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$214$182 to $257
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,995 to $5,129

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $229 to $6,607Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $170 to $363
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $214

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
$213.80
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,413.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$489.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,511.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$371.54
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$346.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$831.76
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$407.38
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 6th of 49

$3,376

$214 physician + $3,162 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.