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Removal Of A Long-term Chest Drainage Catheter

Delaware 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?

$373

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $373 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $195 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$178$162 to $234
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$195$151 to $977

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $151 to $3,548Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $151 to $407
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $195professional $178

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
$151.36
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$331.13

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 48th of 49

$373

$178 physician + $195 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.