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Removal Of A Long-term Chest Drainage Catheter

Kentucky 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?

$2,128

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,128 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $178 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 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$178$162 to $200
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$1,072 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $245 to $3,388Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $148 to $263
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $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
$147.91
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,951.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$234.42
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$912.01
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$323.59

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 20th of 49

$2,128

$178 physician + $1,950 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.