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Removal Of A Long-term Chest Drainage Catheter

Oregon 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?

$671

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $671 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $316 to the doctor who performs it, and $355 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$316$234 to $417
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$355$302 to $468

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $355 · 10th to 90th $234 to $5,012Professionalmedian $316 · 10th to 90th $170 to $575
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $355professional $316

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
$389.05
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$436.52
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$478.63
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$363.08
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$457.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,511.89
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$489.78

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 43rd of 49

$671

$316 physician + $355 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.