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Removal Of A Long-term Chest Drainage Catheter

Kansas 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?

$2,752

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,752 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$240$174 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$741 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $240 to $7,413Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $151 to $309
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $240

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
$239.88
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$302.00

Where Kansas 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

Kansas· 13th of 49

$2,752

$240 physician + $2,512 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.