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Removal Of A Long-term Chest Drainage Catheter

Louisiana 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?

$1,499

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,499 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$186 to $282
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$537 to $2,512

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $263 to $3,467Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $162 to $324
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,259professional $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
$263.03
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,467.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$281.84
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$346.74

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 31st of 49

$1,499

$240 physician + $1,259 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.