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Removal Of A Long-term Chest Drainage Catheter

Montana 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?

$513

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $309 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$204$162 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$309$269 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $263 to $380Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $148 to $339
$200$1K$5K$20K$100Kfacility $309professional $204

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$309.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$75,857.76
Typical High
$91,201.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$338.84
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$436.52

Where Montana 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

Montana· 44th of 49

$513

$204 physician + $309 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.