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Removal Of A Long-term Chest Drainage Catheter

Nebraska 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?

$4,125

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,125 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $324 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 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$324$170 to $398
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$2,188 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $398 to $13,490Professionalmedian $324 · 10th to 90th $145 to $832
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,802professional $324

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
$1,905.46
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$13,489.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$346.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$537.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$457.09

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 4th of 49

$4,125

$324 physician + $3,802 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.