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Sealing the Lining of the Lung Through a Chest Tube

Delaware rates for HCPCS 32560

A medicine such as sterile talc is put into the space around the lung through a chest tube or drain that is already in place. It deliberately irritates the two layers of lining so that they stick together, closing off the space in which fluid or air keeps collecting. It is used when fluid around the lung, or a repeatedly collapsing lung, keeps coming back.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Sealing the Lining of the Lung Through a Chest Tube cost?

$692

Typical total for the visit. In Delaware, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $692 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $224 to the doctor who performs it, and $468 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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$224$110 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$468$363 to $676

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $468 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,698Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $74 to $427
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $468professional $224

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$389.05

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in New York than in Montana. 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

Delaware· 47th of 51

$692

$224 physician + $468 facility

NY $2,983MT $514

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.