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Removal Of A Long-term Chest Drainage Catheter

Tennessee 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?

$1,604

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,604 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$224$182 to $295
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$692 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $275 to $3,236Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $162 to $457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,380professional $224

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
$223.87
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$426.58
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$389.05

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 27th of 49

$1,604

$224 physician + $1,380 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.