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Sealing the Lining of the Lung Through a Chest Tube

Virginia 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 July 2026.

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

$1,778

Typical facility fee. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,778 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $145 to $3,890.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $87 to $7,079Professionalmedian $372 · 10th to 90th $224 to $631
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,820professional $372

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. 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
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,244.36
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,951.21
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$630.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$478.63
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 24.0 times more in New Jersey 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.

Virginia· 24th of 49

$1,778

NJ $5,888WV $245

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.