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Clot-Dissolving Medicine Into The Chest Space

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 32561

Puts a clot-dissolving medicine into the chest through a drainage tube already in place, to break up thick or divided pockets of infected fluid around the lung. Loosening the material lets it drain out through the tube instead of needing an operation. The medicine is left to sit for a period and then drained.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Clot-Dissolving Medicine Into The Chest Space cost?

$2,138

Typical facility fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $741 to $3,162.

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 $2,754 · 10th to 90th $78 to $7,762Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $107 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,754professional $112

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
$77.62
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 58.9 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.

Washington, DC· 18th of 49

$2,138

NJ $5,370WV $91.20

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.