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Removal Of A Long-term Chest Drainage Catheter

Missouri 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?

$1,978

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,978 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $200 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$200$166 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,023 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $234 to $5,370Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $155 to $468
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $200

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
$177.83
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$478.63
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 24th of 49

$1,978

$200 physician + $1,778 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.