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Chest Drain for Fluid Around the Lung

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 32556

Drains fluid collecting between the lung and the chest wall by passing a small tube through the skin between the ribs and leaving it in place so drainage can continue. It relieves breathlessness caused by fluid pressing on the lung.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Chest Drain for Fluid Around the Lung cost?

$5,888

Typical facility fee. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,888 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $4,467 to $7,943.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $10,471
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,888

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
$707.95
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$10,471.29
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,511.38

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 9.3 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

New Jersey· 2nd of 50

$5,888

IN $6,310ND $676

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.