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Removal Of A Long-term Chest Drainage Catheter

Massachusetts 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?

$1,547

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,547 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $229 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$229$178 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$191 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $182 to $3,715Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $151 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,318professional $229

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
$144.54
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$562.34
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$512.86
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$371.54
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,079.46
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$501.19
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$537.03

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 30th of 49

$1,547

$229 physician + $1,318 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.