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Removal Of A Long-term Chest Drainage Catheter

Minnesota 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?

$1,148

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,148 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $759 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$389$282 to $537
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$759$513 to $1,380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $759 · 10th to 90th $191 to $2,239Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $200 to $661
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $759professional $389

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
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$776.25
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,380.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$707.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$2,951.21
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$691.83

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 36th of 49

$1,148

$389 physician + $759 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.