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Removal Of A Long-term Chest Drainage Catheter

Utah 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?

$3,277

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,277 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $257 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,020 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$257$191 to $380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,020$589 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $191 to $4,571Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $162 to $447
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $257

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
$190.55
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$363.08
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,862.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$316.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84

Where Utah 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

Utah· 8th of 49

$3,277

$257 physician + $3,020 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.