Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
HC INSERTION OF CHEST TUBE
Des Moines, IA
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Central Iowa Hospital Corporation’s median price of $381 is 78% below the median hospital's median price ($1.7k), higher than 10% of the 2,316 hospitals reporting CPT 32551. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Jan 28, 2026
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